Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 06:57:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Scott I. Remick" <siremick@yahoo.com> To: cls@raggedclown.net Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New install won't boot off A7V133 Message-ID: <20021203145733.87854.qmail@web41113.mail.yahoo.com>
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In article <ashllk$28g0$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>, you say... > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:19:36PM -0800, Scott I. Remick wrote: > > I just got in an ATA133 30GB drive that I am going to dedicat to FreeBSD on > > my main system (an Asus A7V133). I took off the existing 20GB (Win2000), put > > the 30GB in its place (primary master). I boot from a 4.7-REL CD I made, > > install goes fine... it detects the controllers, drive, I partition the > > whole thing for FreeBSD, setting the auto defaults, etc etc. Everything > > goes swell. Then I'm done, I reboot, take out the CD... and it just sits > > there when it should be booting from the drive. > > > I can't tell you the solution, but by pure chance I too have been > fiddling with installs on a A7V133 system with a 30GB drive. I am > convinced there is a bug in the BIOS because it doesn't honour the boot > order you set in the BIOS sometimes. I did a quick experiemental install > of 5.0 just to see. It all went fine, and did indeed boot. However it > then refused to boot anything other than the HD, Despite the boot order > being FD, CD, HD. I got around this by rather drastic means,,,but if it > happens again I shall be..mmm..pissed off :) > > Although this is not what you are seeing, it is a bit of a co-incidence. Cliff, Just to confirm: you get beyond the POST, to the hardware info screen, where you should normally start seeing the boot process, correct? Mine just sits there at that point. A few things I haven't done yet that I intend on are installing MS-DOS to the drive, as well as using a different drive, in order to determine whether it is FreeBSD or the specific hard drive. What brand drive is yours, out of curiosity? Mine is an IBM DeskStar. What BIOS version are you using? I know there's a 1010 beta out for this board, but I'm hesitant to try it until I've done some other things (as I use this computer for Win2K also). It is interesting that 5.0 boots for you... if it were truly a problem with the A7V133's BIOS I'd expect 5.0 to not boot also. Anyhow, I will be troubleshooting this some more tonight. Maybe others will pipe in throughout the course of today with more ideas. ===== Scott I. Remick --==-- ICQ: 450152 Save the internet - Use Mozilla: http://home.adelphia.net/~sremick/mozilla/ "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly inconvenienced. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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