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From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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To: "Fafa Diliha Romanova" <fteg@london.com>, questions@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: MAJOR DISFUNCTION! Computer reboots instead of booting FreeBSD!
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 10:39 pm, Fafa Diliha Romanova wrote:
>    Dear all of you,
>
>
>    My computer (HP Compaq DC7100) refuses to boot to FreeBSD. It enters
>    the
>    in the bootloader and the computer reboots! What kind of behavior is
>    thi
>
>    I'm aware that some UNIX systems need a patch to work on this type of
>    co
>    [1]http://www5.  
> itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.jsp.archiveJump&admi t
>
>    But in my case, what do I need to do? Disabling ACPI in the BIOS
>    doesn't
>    I'm informed (when I reinsert my S-ATA HD) that if I'm running UNIX, I
>    s
>    But guess what? There are no such options. Believe me I've looked.
>

Your computer seem to have more problems than the inability to boot FBSD.

It seems the moths have nibbled away important parts of your query, so
for the most part I find it unintelligable.


Malcolm