Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 17:43:10 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580 Message-ID: <20060701074310.GA10220@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20060630220256.GB8447@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 2006-Jul-01 08:02:56 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: >I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can >successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from >the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD >partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq configuration >partition) works. For the archives: Rebuilding (and re-installing) boot0 from the sources on the 6.1-RELEASE CD using the default options (no /etc/make.conf) fixes the problem. I have no idea why the boot0 on the CD doesn't work for me (though the two boot0's are definitely different). -- Peter Jeremy [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEpieM/opHv/APuIcRAk+cAJ9nVVOYD2bQYT/j2MmPLVk7VKTwYACffiuw 20DuQmj2tsGWmgA4wHKuIfY= =Vxy6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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