From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 08:10:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F342716A400 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E380213C46C for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l4E8ABrv011440 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l4E8ABv5011437; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:11 GMT Message-Id: <200705140810.l4E8ABv5011437@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) Cc: Subject: Re: standards/112635: Hang during boot installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 08:10:12 -0000 The following reply was made to PR i386/112635; it has been noted by GNATS. From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: Renaud Pagin Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: standards/112635: Hang during boot installation Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:46:16 +0200 Renaud Pagin writes: > Use freeBSD 6.2 DVD edition on USB DVD-Reader on IBM Xseries 100 Station. > > The bootloader start but loading DVD stop with only the cursors stopped (= / ). > > Try many time, played with almost all options in Bios but no way to go fu= rther. > > Checked the media and DVD! This is a common problem when booting from USB media. The FreeBSD boot loader switches to protected mode very early, and many USB BIOSes seem to have a problem with that. There really isn't much you can do about it. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no