Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:34:33 +0100 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2 CD won't boot Message-ID: <200908051734.33937.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <200908051728.22039.david@vizion2000.net> References: <53907.98.245.242.40.1249486879.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net> <4ad871310908050919u2fa32e09pa690edebd37b9881@mail.gmail.com> <200908051728.22039.david@vizion2000.net>
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> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen.<info@us.army.org> wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot. I get the following and nothing
> > > more:
> > >
> > > CD Loader 1.2
> > >
> > > Building the boot loader arguments
> > > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
> > > Relocating the loader and the BTX
> > >
> > > I'm running on a Intel SE7501BR2, single Xeon, 2GB. I have burned a
> > > second CD and swapped the CD drive, cable and RAM, all to no avail. I
> > > have a RR1520 RAID controller, but removed that as well. On-board SCSI
> > > controller and serial ports have been disabled, too. Nothing seems to
> > > make a difference.
> > >
> > > What on earth could be going on?
> >
> > Can you verify if another machine boots the CD? Could be a bad download.
> >
> > Could be a hardware incompatibility.
> >
> > Also, could you try disabling ACPI at boot?
>
> I found the amd64 dvd download to be corrupt recently. So do check the
> download -- did you verify your download?
>
> David
John
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