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Date:      Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:06:59 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        jsha <johann@terrabionic.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD just won't boot!
Message-ID:  <20041221110659.GB11107@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
In-Reply-To: <20041221092025.GA21943@ninja.terrabionic.com>
References:  <20041221092025.GA21943@ninja.terrabionic.com>

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On 2004-12-21 10:20, jsha <johann@terrabionic.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP Compaq DC7100 but it doesn't
> want to boot after the installation. I've tried a few things here:
>
> 1) Installing with/without ACPI
> 2) Installing with BootMgr as well as Standard MBR
> 3) Entered the BIOS setup (F10) to look for solving options
>
> And I've also tried Google.
>
> No luck though. I'd appreciate any help I'd get.

Try disabling DMA for CD-ROMs and/or disks.  I've seen some systems that
fail to work with DMA in FreeBSD 5.X



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