From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 23 16:42:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22AE316A41F for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:42:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from post-25.mail.nl.demon.net (post-25.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260EB43D5C for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:42:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from wcborstel.demon.nl ([82.161.134.53]:17478 helo=[192.168.1.4]) by post-25.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1DwN4i-0009pt-SJ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:42:08 +0000 Message-ID: <42E2734A.7030404@wcborstel.nl> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:41:46 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Slade References: <1122122321.26643.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1122122321.26643.3.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: user local , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: what's next? (error after BTX started) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:42:11 -0000 Robert Slade wrote: >On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 12:05, user local wrote: > > >>This computer I'm writing from is a Compaq Evo D310m/845 r BU ALL >>I found enthusiastic articles about FreeBSD, so I decide to download the >>stuff (FreeBSD5.4RELEASEi386) and I start to load it. >> >> >Snip > > > >>But seriously, I noticed that something strange is happening w/ booting even >>Micro$ on theese boxes, as well on some compaq laptops: the only floppy I >>manage to boot from was a Partition Image one, and when I installed an Open >>on a laptop, I discover a hidden partition at the begining of the hard disc. >>Several Live CDs and other booting CDs stuff, an W2k including, also failed. >>I have 20 boxes like this, and that's happend not only on a specific one, so >>it can not be a CD drive problem. >> >>Help me, please! just once! >>Bundy, Al, esq. >> >> > >The hidden partition is most likely the Compaq utilities. You should be >using these to setup the machine for installing an OS. On my Compaq >Prolient they are called at boot time by pressing F10. > >Rob > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Well, we have Evos at work, and with us all the machines produce the same results. FreeBSD 5.1 worked fine on those machine, but after that it refuses to boot. One of my colleagues mentioned that the ATA controller is not (well) supported. FreeBSD 4.11 does work I think. About the utility partion Robert mentioned, I'm not too sure if that exists on the Evos. Because if that was the case, Windows or Linux shouldn't boot either, and they both do. It's more of a FreeBSD problem (or, well, maybe just the crappy hardware in it). I've never found a solution for this problem. This reply maybe doesn't help you that much, but I figured you might be interested to know that you're not the only person having problems with them. Jorn.