From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 8 23:36:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0D86106566B for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 23:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masmidow@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DBCA8FC0C for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 23:36:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadz30 with SMTP id z30so4493729qad.13 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:36:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=DOuJn3YhbAl8LiF2XV3MVx+kW5jmgEKDyO+wqe+NTK8=; b=ZolfDiyoZ1HaShyLea22/eNv957YmrBu4QBaqniWHpDLvSY1qvnDFWmihYN+udi0Ot rMcHrK/bb/zms7CsX4HHfke3HxXEYIj/9R1zovDVqokBsLKvC1JoSxm+PkmWHd6oxuy1 ltPPAopwxdC4MBJWDeXZYQYYYdK2h2uq6Ugek= Received: by 10.224.195.2 with SMTP id ea2mr6374033qab.70.1318115511169; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:11:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.71.75 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:11:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Starr Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:11:31 -0700 Message-ID: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot 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: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:36:05 -0000 Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have "successfully" installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the system from a bootable USB stick. I would try another fresh install, but currently I can't do anything. Could someone please direct me to a solution? I hope I did not irrevocably alter my BIOS. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. Computer: HP dvr6 2150us (laptop) -- Michael Starr masmidow@gmail.com