From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 21:12:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F2616A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:12:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail5.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C462543D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:12:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 1722124 for multiple; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:14:53 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAALCTwB069693; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:12:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:04:35 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200511102046.jAAKkxDE057999@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: <200511102046.jAAKkxDE057999@fire.jhs.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511101604.36848.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: David Paul Zimmerman , "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4/6.0 on Virtual PC 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:12:48 -0000 On Thursday 10 November 2005 03:46 pm, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > David Paul Zimmerman wrote: > > Hi, all. Both FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 are giving me strange behavior when > > I think you'r right, you don't have a hardware issue there (despite > this being on hardware@) but have hit a difference between 4.x & > 5.x CDROMs. (A difference between El Torito & not as I recall, > they changed between 4 & 5 to match the modern drift of BIOS boot > methodology) Maybe searching "man boot" & searching El Torito method > on freebsd.org web search box will bring you more. Good Luck Those changes only affect the bootstrap to get /boot/loader running, they shouldn't affect what the kernel thinks about the CD at all. I'm curious if the 5.x kernel is finding a CD-ROM drive at all? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org