Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:02:22 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Paul Floyd <paulf@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIOS smap HP problem Message-ID: <475444AE.6080908@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1196675102.4753d01eca930@imp.free.fr> References: <4752C269.60400@free.fr> <4753BFDC.3060905@yahoo.com> <1196675102.4753d01eca930@imp.free.fr>
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Paul Floyd wrote: > Hi > > >> What model of HP? >> > > An xw9400 with 4G of RAM. > > A+ > Paul > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Detailed specs at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12594_na/12594_na.HTML Your workstation has an Nvidia chipset like my laptop (an HP dv9420us). Try this workaround: 1) when the boot splash screen appears, start pressing <spacebar>. 2) this should result in the FreeBSD boot slice prompt to appear; just press <enter>. This is the ONLY way I can get my laptop to boot with FreeBSD (install disks or otherwise). jmchome | help
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