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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: jsha <johann@terrabionic.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD just won't boot!
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On 2004-12-21 10:20, jsha <johann@terrabionic.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP Compaq DC7100 but it doesn't
> want to boot after the installation. I've tried a few things here:
>
> 1) Installing with/without ACPI
> 2) Installing with BootMgr as well as Standard MBR
> 3) Entered the BIOS setup (F10) to look for solving options
>
> And I've also tried Google.
>
> No luck though. I'd appreciate any help I'd get.

Try disabling DMA for CD-ROMs and/or disks.  I've seen some systems that
fail to work with DMA in FreeBSD 5.X