Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:10:47 -0500 From: Butch Whitby <jw3mlreader@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot install on HP Pavilion Message-ID: <51310B47.60405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <512BDCA5.6060202@mail.com> References: <D789383E-4FBC-4EA1-881E-024814365BF6@Dunquin.net> <512BDCA5.6060202@mail.com>
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On 02/25/2013 16:50, Jeff Tipton wrote: > On 02/25/2013 22:39, Russell Murphy wrote: >> ERROR: No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed > Isn't this a BIOS message about a failing harddisk? > > http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Operating-Systems-e-g-Windows-8-Software-Recovery/Error-no-boot-disk-has-been-detected-or-the-disk-has-failed/td-p/1495065 > > _______________________________________________ > 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" Are you sure the bootloader installed correctly? Also, in the bios, what is the drive type set to? I've seen that happen on a Lenovo when the drive type is set to AHCI. Changing it to either legacy or normal (don't recall which one) allowed the machine to boot from the hard disk without issue. -- Butch "Why is there never time to do it right the first time, but there is always time to do it again?"
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