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On 11/09/2015 12:32 PM, Scott Ballantyne wrote:
> I have seen this many times when external USB or memory devices are
> connected. It seems to confuse the ZFS boot loader.
>
> Perhaps that has happened in your case?

Good idea -- I've also seen that.


Verify:

	VGA cable
	PS/2 keyboard cable
	PS/2 mouse cable
	LAN cable
	speaker cable
	optical drive is empty
	floppy drive is empty
	no other hard drives installed

	reset the CMOS settings to defaults

	boot -- black screen with blinking cursor.


Try again:

	Remove IDE HBA's

	boot -- black screen with blinking cursor.


Any other ideas?


David