Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:13 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Mars G Miro <spry@anarchy.in.the.ph> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting from SATA DVD-RAM, no go Message-ID: <20090329135724.A13940@ury.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <f12f408a0903280833y15b86f62i2335b237dcce73b2@mail.gmail.com> References: <f12f408a0903280621ia8bcd97ra2e5b7ec5808fc75@mail.gmail.com> <f12f408a0903280833y15b86f62i2335b237dcce73b2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Mars G Miro wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Mars G Miro <spry@anarchy.in.the.ph> wrote: >> Hi guys >> >> It just does: >> ... >> Building the boot loader arguments >> Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found >> Relocating the loader and the BTX >> ... >> >> Then the screen goes blank. I've tried setting AHCI and unsetting it >> (IDE mode), still no go. Tried the 7-STABLE / 8-CURRENT (amd64) >> snapshots from February. >> >> This is on an LG GH22LS40 on a Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H mobo w/ the latest >> BIOS from their website. >> >> Clues? I'll prolly plug an old CD-ROM just to install FreeBSD on it. Thanks. >> > > rrrrrrrrrr. plugging in an old CD-ROM still gives me the same thing. > > Next stop: PXE, or just install FreeBSD on the HD in a separate > machine altogether ... This was probably fixed by the most recent commits to src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/bioscd.c - they were done within the last couple of weeks, so the March snapshot may well have these changes included. Gavinhelp
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