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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:57:52 -0500
From:      Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System powers off after selecting boot option
Message-ID:  <200511140557.58737.nb_root@videotron.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20051105174055.34700.qmail@web30201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20051105174055.34700.qmail@web30201.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On November 5, 2005 12:40 pm, Aaron Job Andrus wrote:
> I'm trying to install 6.0 64bit on my Compaq Presario
> R3000 (AMD Athlon 64 3400+). When I boot to the disk1
> cd I get to the boot menu where I am presented with
> the options to boot default, no acpi, safemode, single
> user mode etc. However, no matter which boot option I
> choose my laptop powers off after a few seconds of
> churning (/-\-/). I can "escape to the boot console".
> Are there any special variables I need to set in order
> to proceed from the boot console?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron

before it boots into FreeBSD (at the 10 second countdown), press 6 to go to=
=20
the boot loader. =20

When there, type:
set hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D0x9

Nicolas.
=20
=2D-=20
=46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov  5 12:12:36 EST 2005    =20
root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20
PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc

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