Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:28:19 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX halted trying to boot X4100 from disk Message-ID: <20061207062819.GA862@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20061207002559.1b770257.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20061126181325.O13925-100000@xs6.xs4all.nl> <200612061256.38046.jhb@freebsd.org> <20061206210211.eae66419.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200612061617.37381.jhb@freebsd.org> <20061207002559.1b770257.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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--7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2006-Dec-07 00:25:59 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:17:36 -0500 >John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> > I have a laptop (runs FreeBSD / i386) which works ok with the >> > internal drive, but refuses to boot from an external (usb) hard >> > drive [1]. I wonder if this fix would help with this problem... >>=20 >> Almost definitely not. > >Ok. Any hints on where (and perhaps how) I should report the problem >with my laptop, in order for it useful enough so that anyone could help >me debug it? At what point during the boot process does it die? If it's late enough (and you have a serial port), you might be able to setup a serial console. --=20 Peter Jeremy --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFd7SD/opHv/APuIcRAlIyAJ9JTWR3kG2FzMCuL6eJZXWiHl6aWwCfcboe Yv4m69lu9cJ/DC8HqLkyQEg= =gp5+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--
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