From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 14:19:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1024106564A for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:19:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.delaurell@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756F08FC19 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:19:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb18 with SMTP id 18so1941624wwb.13 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:19:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=tUwUpMqVHLv/tyv7NOBz+l35+3rTV2CedDljrzsXUQY=; b=FeW4kMmawki7ANq4MLN9kljruBskdUiyp7K1HxYvW1xlU9SM0tbF0O7QWKpJUB6lqP rKUY05JwwsuySlwOnuQv62X4X4IPHVV9qXVSfa9Vg9L9Ke6SvgUtm/dRibjeRL4zwomr 3DjYZzpj6ktdmd5CUNB91r/ykNUqs9IAFJOAA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=kOe/aPVE1jPAB96tq9vnP5RfSPlly8LmgkvX3cy8ZcLgy049y8+a+FgjuiY0v7zTPN D23Yiw62iAHCG/e8o6xbYeQEBc5xQmx5eiJQIKg4CLk12VpTk+H5HZMFTkK2tTBrh/+A jKbOIHGmnPefohRBk3I03UEUeZ+6Am9hlPJAE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.89.195 with SMTP id c45mr2147684wef.38.1269008353600; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:19:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7ff5545f1003190620n5835d60dh6168c9c2621becd5@mail.gmail.com> References: <7ff5545f1003120000t3db354b0pe405b9f56b38979b@mail.gmail.com> <7ff5545f1003190620n5835d60dh6168c9c2621becd5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:19:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4324dbec1003190719t45036b4fvb44ecff3049e38e2@mail.gmail.com> From: Richard DeLaurell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0 Booting Problem on ZV5320US Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:19:16 -0000 >On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Anoop Kumar Narayanan wrote: >I have recently installed FreeBSD8.0 on my 5 year old HP laptop with >absolute 0 battery backup (behaviour same when batter removed). >Installation works fine but when I try to boot into FreeBSD I get to >the BTX loader screen, after having made any selection and it pauses >for about 15 secs and the computer suddenly powers down. I was able to >boot into the system occasionally lets say about 1 in 5 boots. I am >able to install and boot into Linux without any problem. So then you are attempting to startup using a power adaptor (i.e. your computer is plugged in to a wall socket)? I had the reverse problem a while ago with Slackware shutting down in the middle of installation onto a Toshiba laptop while FreeBSD has always been no problem. My guess is that these issues reflect power management settings, perhaps even something in the bios. Does this occur when you use the installation or boot-only disks? Sorry this is not more help to you. Richard