From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 29 13:30:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C1D0106567A for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (mail-gw1.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77D2A8FC15 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from mail-gw6.york.ac.uk (mail-gw6.york.ac.uk [144.32.129.26]) by mail-gw1.york.ac.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n2TCxExD008101; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:14 +0100 (BST) Received: from ury.york.ac.uk ([144.32.108.81]) by mail-gw6.york.ac.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1LnubZ-0004Af-VM; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:13 +0100 Received: from ury.york.ac.uk (localhost.york.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by ury.york.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2TCxDPR059849; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from localhost (gavin@localhost) by ury.york.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n2TCxDjV059846; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: ury.york.ac.uk: gavin owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:59:13 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson X-X-Sender: gavin@ury.york.ac.uk To: Mars G Miro In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090329135724.A13940@ury.york.ac.uk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1304052899-1238331553=:13940" X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-York-MailScanner-From: gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting from SATA DVD-RAM, no go X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:30:45 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1304052899-1238331553=:13940 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Mars G Miro wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Mars G Miro wro= te: >> Hi guys >> >> =A0 It just does: >> ... >> Building the boot loader arguments >> Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found >> Relocating the loader and the BTX >> ... >> >> =A0Then 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. >> >> =A0This is on an LG GH22LS40 on a Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H mobo w/ the latest >> BIOS from their website. >> >> =A0Clues? 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=20 src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/bioscd.c - they were done within the last couple= =20 of weeks, so the March snapshot may well have these changes included. Gavin --0-1304052899-1238331553=:13940--