From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 3 18:02:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58DFE16A41B for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:02:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp106.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.52.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC9E813C467 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:02:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 25130 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2007 18:02:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=o31U+HuaqzTqZub+cLAyD6uM84Dp46wzwfEph0+rLGQcwuF3rmXLaou87/Y13lFkqz5zic1nlQbphm/2SO66A65pUn+0JRwmGXP6pob2Si36xtwE6QC9WL92j/dfvmpsrfoEsxDa1jZIrQS/yh+k//m44PkR9xPC5qCtwh+cT1Y= ; Received: from unknown (HELO borgdemon3.thruhere.net) (j.m.cooper@borgsdemons.com@134.121.240.131 with plain) by smtp106.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2007 18:02:18 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: hOZmnB4VM1kPYvd0Cccvuynu9zplNC0kn9XHUAF7I1uZACV.yWxJH5PZggWOVlPBGOckqUoSaaeJ7sAdvUlEnJmxixEMj_QGnIuW2YjKOtV8OpIwpqpAkZ32kFBQSwkL4yAY04eiUueBMXI- Message-ID: <475444AE.6080908@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:02:22 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071120) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Floyd References: <4752C269.60400@free.fr> <4753BFDC.3060905@yahoo.com> <1196675102.4753d01eca930@imp.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <1196675102.4753d01eca930@imp.free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIOS smap HP problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:02:20 -0000 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 . 2) this should result in the FreeBSD boot slice prompt to appear; just press . This is the ONLY way I can get my laptop to boot with FreeBSD (install disks or otherwise). jmc