From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 14 22:16:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D126416A4D4 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rottweilertje@rottnic.nl) Received: from rottnic.nl (rottnic.demon.nl [83.160.164.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 262B013C4CB for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:16:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rottweilertje@rottnic.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rottnic.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C5A3F49F for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:16:30 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rottnic.nl Received: from rottnic.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rottnic.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5DWXRtDi8zvk for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:16:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.0.1.128] (unknown [10.0.1.128]) by rottnic.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE703F497 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:16:27 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <453828.33215.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <453828.33215.qm@web81202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <70232615-8B62-4163-BD36-E1870654E6AE@rottnic.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Guido Demmenie Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:16:25 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: install fails 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: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:16:37 -0000 On Jan 14, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Mark Busby wrote: > I've been trying to install freebsd on a HP pavilion with a A7V-VM > Asus motherboard. > The bios finds the harddrive and controler, but freebsd does not. > I've installed a harddrive with > bsd already loaded and the computer runs fine. I've tried older > install cd's of freebsd from 4.1 to 6.2rc2 same thing happens. > I've changed bios settings, looked for virus blocking software in > the bios. I've placed the harddrive into another computer, it works > fine. Pulled cards to see if interupt storm. But still unable to > load from install cd. Any ideas?? I've had the same problem with installing it on a asus A7V8X mobo. When I disabled ACPI it does recognise the harddrive, although it shows 2 hd's for some reason. They booth look the same but have another name. -- Guido