From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 04:04:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9453316A4D0 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 04:04:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 369AD43D41 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 04:04:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krinklyfig@spymac.com) Received: from unknown (HELO smogmonster.com) (jtinnin@pacbell.net@64.173.26.30 with login) by smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Dec 2004 04:04:04 -0000 From: Joshua Tinnin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:04:03 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20041225120957.6012879008E@cal1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <200412261241.57635.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200412261241.57635.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412252004.03701.krinklyfig@spymac.com> cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Fafa Diliha Romanova Subject: Re: MAJOR DISFUNCTION! Computer reboots instead of booting FreeBSD! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 04:04:04 -0000 On Saturday 25 December 2004 06:11 pm, Malcolm Kay wrote: > 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&adm > >i 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. I am not sure what happened, but it looks like there was a problem with MIME and/or the stripping of it, so some (seemingly) random equal signs were inserted in the message, making it look like blank space after that in those lines of text in some MUAs. Anyway, here's what his post looks like without the garble: -- Dear all of you, My computer (HP Compaq DC7100) refuses to boot to FreeBSD. It enters the MBR, I then select FreeBSD in the bootloader and the computer reboots! What kind of behavior is this, and why won't it give FreeBSD a chance? I'm aware that some UNIX systems need a patch to work on this type of computer: [1]http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.jsp.archiveJump&admit=552267591+1103976356811+28353475 But in my case, what do I need to do? Disabling ACPI in the BIOS doesn't work. I'm informed (when I reinsert my S-ATA HD) that if I'm running UNIX, I should enable it in the BIOS. But guess what? There are no such options. Believe me I've looked. Does anybody know what's going on? Thanks. Dr. Galvin Hobbes @ FTEG