Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 02:12:39 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike Jakubik" <mikej@rogers.com> To: "Hendrik Hasenbein" <hhasenbe@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot 5.3-RELEASE installation CD Message-ID: <1089.192.168.0.188.1099984359.squirrel@192.168.0.188> In-Reply-To: <418DD65A.7040505@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> References: <3374.192.168.0.188.1099789401.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <418DD65A.7040505@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
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Hendrik Hasenbein said: > Mike Jakubik wrote: >> Computer reboots at this point. The CD seems to boot fine if i disable >> the >> onboard RAID controller, however i need to install on it. I've tried >> toggling the different SATA modes, as well as disabling the other SATA >> controller, but nothing helps. I told my client that FreeBSD will run on >> this system as the PDC20378 is listed as supported in the hardware >> notes, >> and now im stuck. Whats going on here? > > Do you have the newest BIOS for the board? Some older BIOS versions had > problems with the onboard SATA controller. Yes, have the latest BIOS. To get around this problem i had to boot off of a floppy instead the CDROM. There is something wrong with the CD BOOT code.
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