Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:04:27 GMT From: Scot Hetzel<swhetzel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/105514: FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop Message-ID: <200611140904.kAE94RLK057853@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200611140910.kAE9A2Ua023404@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 105514 >Category: kern >Synopsis: FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 14 09:10:01 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Scot Hetzel >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hp010 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #7: Mon Nov 13 01:38:48 CST 2006 swhetzel@hp010:/usr/obj/usr/src/7x/sys/GENERIC.debug amd64 >Description: It's a strange little bug, that I originally found when when setting up a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop to run FreeBSD/amd64 6.1-beta4. The boot loader(?) would continuously dump these hex characters on the screen causing it to scroll at an unreadable rate. This same problem is still occurring with the FreeBSD/amd64 6.2-Beta2 CD (tested bootonly CD). My solution to the problem was to hit the space bar until the speakers beeped for a couple of seconds (when you see /boot/kernel/kernel you can release the space bar), then it loads and executes the kernel and proceeds to sysinstall. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2006-March/007883.html Once sysinstall has finished the install of FreeBSD/amd64, the system has no problems booting from the hard drive. >How-To-Repeat: Purchase a HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop and then try to boot the FreeBSD/amd64 install CD. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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