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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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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.

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Peter Jeremy

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