Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 14:45:05 -0700 (PDT) From: oberman@es.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/20408: Can't boot FreeBSD release CDs on laptop Message-ID: <200008042145.OAA08135@kzin.es.net>
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>Number: 20408 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Distribution CDs will not boot on IBM ThinkPad 600E >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 04 14:50:02 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kevin Oberman >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Energy Sciences Network >Environment: IBM ThinkPad 600E with Utra Slimbay CD-ROM >Description: When attempting to boot a FreeBSD CD, the boot loads off of the disc, but the bootboot reports: Can't work out which disc we are loading from. Guessed BIOS device 0x8b not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: But, if I boot from floppy, the kernel has no problem locating the CD-ROM. DMESG reports: acd0: DVD-ROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2102> at ata1-master using PIO4 >How-To-Repeat: Boot 4.1, 4.0, or 3.4 CD-ROM >Fix: Work-around by booting from floppy. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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