From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 24 10:33:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 139081065672 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from k@kevinkevin.com) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85238FC14 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from k@kevinkevin.com) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id e34so63028qbe.35 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.178.5 with SMTP id a5mr195340qbf.31.1216894612457; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kevin ( [76.10.166.187]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm11035271qbw.0.2008.07.24.03.16.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:16:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin" To: "'ian j hart'" , References: <005301c8eb2d$113598c0$33a0ca40$@com> <200807241106.01514.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200807241106.01514.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:16:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4e6601c8ed76$5f52e0d0$1df8a270$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcjtdPtoqrAP0/aOTryrHBrT2OucVgAAPoiQ Content-Language: en-us Cc: "'Carlos A. M. dos Santos'" , 'Kevin K' , 'Torfinn Ingolfsen' Subject: RE: HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:33:20 -0000 > > Try to disable kbdmux before booting. Jump to the loader prompt and > type: > > > > set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1 > > boot -v > > > Can you try > > set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > > from the loader prompt. > > It's a long shot but it just might work. > > As it's a laptop, you might need to do all the other stuff as well. I was finally able to get it to boot. Here's what I did : 1. Bringing up the boot choice menu before the loader starts to let the cdrom settle before selecting to boot off cd 2. Entering "set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1" in the boot loader prompt What happened, unfortunately, was the USB keyboard I had plugged into the laptop didn't work after the command in #2, obviously. I'm not sure if this will happen every time I boot, or perhaps will work if I plug in the keyboard after waiting to boot, but at the very least I can get into sysinstall now. I will be installing 7-release this weekend and I will post any relevant updates in this thread. Thank you all for your help and assistance in this matter, it is greatly appreciated. ~k