From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 08:45:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE18F16A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:45:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E49143D54 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:45:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [194.192.25.143] (laptop.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.143]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9C8jjc5003013; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:45:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <416B99AB.5090603@DeepCore.dk> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:45:31 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040802) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Jakubik References: <1050.192.168.0.188.1097518259.squirrel@192.168.0.188> In-Reply-To: <1050.192.168.0.188.1097518259.squirrel@192.168.0.188> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.4 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:45:51 -0000 Mike Jakubik wrote: > I just installed 5.7-BETA7 using 5.3-BETA7-i386-disc1.iso on my dual bo= ot > machine (Currently running WinXP). The installation went fine (i did it= > twice to make sure i didnt screw up), everything was detected fine. Aft= er > the installation was complete, i reboot and i get the FreeBSD boot load= er, > i hit F2 (the partition where fbsd is) and it just prints a carridge > return and it sits at "-", it does not spin and proceed as usual. This > particular machine is not new to FreeBSD, it has ran many version befor= e > just fine. The only thing that is different is that i am now using the > promise supertrak sx6000 (pst) ide raid controller, which works fine un= der > windows in raid 0 mode. You can not boot of a sx6000 controller. The reason is that somehow our bootcode and the BIOS on the sx6000=20 doesn't get along. --=20 -S=F8ren