From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 16:55:14 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 7A8681065670 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:55:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anoop.kn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C4A8FC14 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so2644669pwj.13 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:55:13 -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=sTuIPD/LI1p///QbCrXt4nB085wtNDLHEHUESjPxvMQ=; b=SU4PzX+kxmMEpthB8eq3hT0+9pTwPkrIWkqJ5eEa2CeA2Yz+TEm9AHbuNmMJarpJ1M zFDzXZeeB5vAyTrU7ZhVosvygH9G+7N4x+MSF3jd5RO1HEMRnYc0MhTXesyGN2QrQ2BA JLNOIQyI61eR8XjsKqnwdJj6gX1ZkhuOTMRok= 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=tWNP3bBRx/WEIdpu4H4ox6ZVWCA7M6a8Uo0xg1aQmyIQa3vlLz4YpCMNTxL0wEkvmp lvYuuugDI/h8TmHk9f4iD7Jgcae8ZmS/D+N2Cp1+M10EsrFAwjyhF1SaNqkwda1ui4RX fR/u+b64v9GfrjCL5UC8ZQnjIdal3ZeYfTvSw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.75.21 with SMTP id x21mr725532wfa.212.1269017712323; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:55:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4324dbec1003190719t45036b4fvb44ecff3049e38e2@mail.gmail.com> References: <7ff5545f1003120000t3db354b0pe405b9f56b38979b@mail.gmail.com> <7ff5545f1003190620n5835d60dh6168c9c2621becd5@mail.gmail.com> <4324dbec1003190719t45036b4fvb44ecff3049e38e2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:12 +0530 Message-ID: <7ff5545f1003190955m4a4b3050p369e1044216edab1@mail.gmail.com> From: Anoop Kumar Narayanan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 16:55:14 -0000 On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Richard DeLaurell wrote: >>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)? Yes. I don't know if its a specific Athlon XP related problem as I did observe a similar post some years ago. And, Apparently its the same thing. http://osdir.com/ml/os.freebsd.devel.hardware/2004-10/msg00044.html In this case its the installation. In my case its after the installation. > > 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. Maybe its something in the BIOS, but the thing is that Linux boots fine on the machine. Maybe some driver is crashing and is causing a reboot of the machine. Are there any critical drivers in the system that can result in such a problem. > > Does this occur when you use the installation or boot-only disks? I can install it just fine, but can't seem to to boot into the installed version (Once its been installed). I did create the FreeBSD swap partition before the root file-system (and it still seems to label the root file-system as 'a'), Would this affect the system boot up in anyway ? > > Sorry this is not more help to you. > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >