From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 15:17:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F13DC32 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yh0-f45.google.com (mail-yh0-f45.google.com [209.85.213.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A81C7166 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:17:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f45.google.com with SMTP id 24so69934yhr.18 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:17:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=v/44aNSh4HdVaQgCA8UELTe+PucVD8los+EeQqieW9c=; b=FG3Qb9wEzsTySfSiAABTLQRBCqRJzGlIwh534QxOOF3PDTk8FTCh8zKp8uxsUkWCaM mUuWVl71Fr1Y2C+YJgk33MqkwyRcZNDHUj9EBiXm2wlRsMgG1mPMeTut2ziAQCTKOPzn X6dP32zLE5b9uqMQxrTCcZHhLv+TalIzPruXA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=v/44aNSh4HdVaQgCA8UELTe+PucVD8los+EeQqieW9c=; b=ZT3ZOCAM5+0HkbS/5CocV4RWSvBP5aoZqQnB6HbDk+/YIofIWfjy5uKRf5ZjgKa5KS LzFx/fXb4MiDiHYh4vWRYwUSyoI5GlRg7SS+KqGaHUQZ45B6nm4VgQfQim1z3xSe92UG 0/nIc5qpKbBMCk+R6tqevSt/XewQMofYqC8uXoF3vsdX3IeBKpCCyPd1x1e2psyjHpOO eDG8RVg3wOBPIqACYsMFCnEruE98bYR6Dvvg8WmVpCk36inMkhOgqS1fsoDLPRVKYEjd ZlG67iYjq2r7cmGwnv9+mBIJ0YqLIgFhLCsMgacItY7bdz/14FkYsFGUX4gX6j9j56pD AJhA== X-Received: by 10.101.22.19 with SMTP id z19mr402449ani.69.1359472630711; Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:17:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi ([187.113.76.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z6sm7541455anh.13.2013.01.29.07.17.09 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:17:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:18:52 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting Problem Message-ID: <20130129121852.03538e59@papi> In-Reply-To: <95407B50-A296-4012-A2C4-014321C48C74@lafn.org> References: <95407B50-A296-4012-A2C4-014321C48C74@lafn.org> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm70Vv+y184gOIe84+DkXHXbe8zNqGkxp7QrveqrU+nMcar0434ZrFNam7k4TdZjSxcKxte X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:17:17 -0000 On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:16:14 -0800 Doug Hardie wrote: > I have a relatively old machine that I am trying to boot 9.1 on. The > bios will not boot from USB stick. I am using an external CD drive. > It starts the boot process fine and gets to the Bootstrap loader > message with revision 1.1. Then it puts out the machine, date, time > the CD was created and starts the spinner. It spins around about 2 > times and stops. The system continues to read from the drive for > another couple minutes. Then everything stops. Nothing more happens. > > The CD is good. I can boot it just fine using the same external > drive on another machine. While I could remove the drive and > temporarily mount in in the working machine and build it there, I > would like to find a way to successfully boot from CD. This will > become a remote machine and taking it apart later is not a viable > option. _______________________________________________ > 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" Can you boot a different OS (Win, Ububtu, gparted, etc ...) from the same drive on the same machine? -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)