From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 22:33:08 2009 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 9473D106568B for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:33:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com (mail-fx0-f210.google.com [209.85.220.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26EB88FC5B for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:33:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so3705245fxm.43 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:33:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ag9S5VrNT2cLF/yL6JinUG6PTRrqDfDjHuUm3XtQfIM=; b=XGPAKT+zLF2FqbBAtIFDJO9VPp2+BbNse/UrjHYRD/1rSMYJh4hmZNEuILtkNj0RnP ouoLptbIo9eCGemZ/93AnekvIs71177nKU6fkF93++6hW/GNmdS1JGkt4KNDimCiHQLk zg6sAqf+eJDZ5jQyrTlOY1H32HC1m6SpHNTfA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=sYK51npRFkD4VDEUD3i4/FrEEhJcfaVgK/g5ssnZ6AhcuKz9602Ai+UCkzcGhP7eMR wa/SoiFujGHacJLwg4Sf9dfiD4VEIIMTJ94rR0b8B8hvjZE9GTYQl2gkDrKC47ZXEwk1 tH7yGF8IqPsJlzg22opjH7+hdmwAqsYt6DjzQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.15.23 with SMTP id i23mr1902823faa.107.1250721187221; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:33:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1482051706@web.de> References: <1482051706@web.de> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:33:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310908191533v37b60483qc30e5053185b3959@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Olaf Leidinger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:33:08 -0000 On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Olaf Leidinger wrote: > Dear list, > > I'd like to install FreeBSD 7.2 on my computer for testing purpuse and > eventually remove my Linux installation. Using FreeBSD in VirtualBox > works fine, so far. I can't install it on my real hardware, as the > installation media won't boot: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41639431@N06/3835572003/ > > The boot menu appears, but as soon as I press a button OR around one > second elapses I get a message from the bootstrap loader (have a look at > the image). > > Can't work out which disk we are booting from. > > And the system seems frozen. This happens with the AMD64 install media. > Using i386 install media I get the same message, but the system reboots > automatically. Even the PC-BSD install media have the same problem. > > My hardware: > > Gigabyte board with AMD 770 chipset, two SATA disk in AHCI mode, an IDE > DVD drive (so nothing special). > Try disabling AHCI. I had to do that on an Intel board. > Other bootable optical disks (e.g. using isolinux or grub) work fine. > > What might be the problem? > > Thanks a lot for your help, > Hope it does help. :-) -- Glen Barber