From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 11:40:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4155216A4CE for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:40:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA9E43D5C for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:40:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i45IeKVT082677 for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:40:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i45IeKZ6082676; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:40:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:40:20 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200405051840.i45IeKZ6082676@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, JOHN BARKAS Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 916E816A4CE for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EC943D2F for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i45IVt3Y069680 for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i45IVtrR069675; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200405051831.i45IVtrR069675@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) From: JOHN BARKAS To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: i386/66297: FREE BSD INSTALLATION PROBLEM X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 18:40:21 -0000 >Number: 66297 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: FREE BSD INSTALLATION PROBLEM >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 05 11:40:20 PDT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: JOHN BARKAS >Release: 5.2 >Organization: >Environment: EVERY AWARD BASED BIOS MOTHERBOARD (BOTH AWARD BIOS 4.51 & AWARD-PHOENIX 6.00) WITH X-86 CPU [I HAVE TESTED IT WITH AMD K-6 II @450Mhz,PENTIUM III-S TUALATIN @ 1.26G >Description: I CANNOT START FREE BSD INSTALLATION USING 5.2 VERSION WHEN I BOOT FROM CD-ROM,AS THE AWARD BIOS REPORTS:BOOT FROM CDROM... Failure THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ON AMI BIOS VERSION 6.27 AND LATER AND TOSHIBA LAPTOP BIOS(MY EXAMPLE IS 4010CDS SATELLITE) I BELIEVE YOUR CD-ROM HAS SOME KIND OF STRANGE? EMULATION (AS I HAVE TESTED THOSE BIOSES USING FDD & HDD EMULATION ON DIFFERENT DISKS USING NERO BURNING ROM 6 BOOT CD FUNCTION AND WORKED FINE. PLEASE FIX THIS ANNOYING PROBLEM AS I LOVE THIS OS. IF YOU FIX IT PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL INFORMING ABOUT FREE-BSD CORRECTED VERSIONS. >How-To-Repeat: ON AWARD BIOS 4.51PG ENTER BIOS SETUP BY PRESSING DEL AND THEN GO TO THE BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU AND SET THE BOOT SEQUENCE TO : CDROM,C,A AND BOOT SYSTEM AFTER INSERTING THE FREE-BSD BOOTABLE CD-ROM ON AWARD-PHOENIX BIOS 6.00 ENTER THE BIOS SETUP BY PRESSING DEL AND THEN GO TO ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES AND SET FIRST BOOT DEVICE:CDROM,AND BOOT SYSTEM AFTER INSERTING THE FREE-BSD BOOTABLE CD-ROM. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: