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Date:      Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:21:55 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kevin K <kkutzko@teksavvy.com>
Cc:        'FreeBSD Stable' <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, jhb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd
Message-ID:  <20080716092155.GA98604@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
In-Reply-To: <001a01c8e722$dcaf27f0$960d77d0$@com>
References:  <001301c8e6f5$cc68dee0$653a9ca0$@com> <001a01c8e722$dcaf27f0$960d77d0$@com>

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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:03:49AM -0400, Kevin K wrote:
> It should be noted that I just tried 6.3-release-amd64 and it doesn't work
> as well. 
> 
> It should also be important to note that sometimes it 'dumps' before getting
> to the boot options screen in the freebsd startup. 
> 
> If I do get to that screen, I have tried "disable ACPI", to no effect.

It sounds to me like you might be running into the problem others have
reported with boot2/loader.  The "continual scrolling of data" is
probably a register dump from forth.

John, do you have any tips/ideas?

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