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On 2006-09-02 11:01, Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> wrote:
>
> 100% consistent.  tHe strange thing is that when I set the
> boot-order in the BIOS to "CDROM" it's ignored.  (Maybe I
> don't have the boot CD?  that occured when I was crawling
> out of bed!)  I have all 4 f the 5.3 boxed set.

So there is no way to boot from install disc-1 of FreeBSD?

This should at least give you a chance to boot from the install disc,
and then insert the FixIt CD-ROM to start investigating what is wrong,
as Greg Lehey suggested :)