Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:23:22 +0530 From: Mubeesh ali <mubeeshalivm@gmail.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive Message-ID: <CADcpdgSSom9wo0%2B9Vo01FwebcxG7caGt7MpwEykwhmGyqGKWsg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120106144616.GA28505@tinyCurrent> References: <4F0517BA.1050405@mykitchentable.net> <1325819792.82542.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fxUsvtNbRRy4WS34hW9=JCEhKAMYQd7h9cKseDDd%2Bdh2w@mail.gmail.com> <1325848888.86578.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fwQv2TTcyaOBW19njSJuc0EDg17hYUxmD0bHDrgbF%2B3yQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120106144616.GA28505@tinyCurrent>
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acer ?? i had this with acer.. remove hdd...acess bios change ahci mode and try installing again. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El d=EDa Friday, January 06, 2012 a las 06:37:02AM -0800, Waitman Gobble > escribi=F3: > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The > > > drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have > > > a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, wh= en > > > this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a > > > non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have > > > not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB > > > drive boot option to get on with this rescue. > > > > > It seems that there are BIOS features which need to have access to > certain sectors of the disk with additional (Winblows) software. Once > you format the entire disk for FreeBSD you will not enter the BIOS > dialogue, nor it will boot anymore; google for a thread of FreeBSD > installation on Acer laptops. > > HIH > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > UNIX since V7 on PDP-11 | UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) > UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2 | FreeBSD since 2.2.5 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M
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