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Date:      Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:01:57 +0000
From:      Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
To:        Fafa Diliha Romanova <fteg@london.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: I can't BOOT! You all need to WAKE UP and HELP a BROTHER!!!
Message-ID:  <20050211120157.GH35853@eris.tenfour>
In-Reply-To: <20050211103914.455D81CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com>
References:  <20050211103914.455D81CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com>

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* Fafa Diliha Romanova <fteg@london.com> [0239 10:39]:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I am running a new HP Compaq DC7100 CMT. For more information, check:
> http://www.antonline.com/p_PC928A-ABA--DC7100-CMT-P4-3.0-512MB-40GB-DVD-WXPP-3-3-3-_102136.htm
> 
> I've been trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE for a long time now.
> Nobody has bothered to offer me a solution. Let alone a reason!

Well, no one knows an answer probably mate. 

As a a total stab, try toggling 'pnp os installed'.
 
> FreeBSD doesn't boot at all. It doesn't enter the loader prompt, it reboots
> before it gets to it.

Then it sounds like the bootcode does'nt like your machine to me.
Does 4.x work?

-- 
'common sense is what tells you that the world is flat.'
		-- Principia Discordia
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns



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