From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 10:09:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F239B106564A for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:09:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B798FC08 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:09:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so2344638obb.13 for ; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:09:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=vT/Cuvq3MnUfTUyufh97ligZcbOt7xrz3wdyAxci5zg=; b=fj493BNomPJRl69+TLEVMIRiWs+hA7YCoFtUJCvLTRyZTvA49wS/5WpBpVpFverMzl 9yqQGQ1Vud3c9OWCbVWmKrc45dGinaG+gmIPLknLbzG0MC4Q9PvI9sX1qiDHASdxaDdc vyx+sioFfFC9C0/KFFnEa/6bLbi6Ih+oT9hWQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.184.166 with SMTP id ev6mr6744677igc.2.1325844576139; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:09:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.31.65 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 02:09:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 02:09:36 -0800 Message-ID: From: Waitman Gobble To: Bill Tillman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:09:37 -0000 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: > Today I encountered a problem which has me stumped. I downloaded and > burned the ISO image for 9.0-RELEASE for amd64. I installed an older > IDE hard drive to test the new OS with and did the install. ... > Well the install finished and > then I attempted to reboot the system but nothing happened. And by that I > mean the computer's flash screen would come up and give me the choice > to enter the Bios Setup or Boot Menu and that's all. I could not enter the > bios setup or the Boot menu. ... > So basically, > FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE bricked an otherwise good 80GB hard drive > and I can't seem to recover it. > > > Hi Bill, What was going on with this drive before the install? ie, it was sitting on the self not being used, it was a daily use machine running something else, ... etc. At the moment it sounds to me like an inconvenient hardware failure. Waitman