From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 20 03:27:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC3C106568E for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:27:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6D58FC43 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:27:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so1800417and.13 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:27:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=RM8jf8qfLbFUM6Gs87/2PW9LEmvfPwMNzUkRi7RXIlA=; b=uK2oWJn5jgGgF2jni1/aiPpXXyriBvz37AbGaf1HQ8y8bartPoHHDW5c1UKSqEFhp5 mXpQ1FBTrbzOLcU5x9z99PlrbdHfm9X1y69nF3vhEd+UwoidwummTf6s7LKMciqaZYKe NiyWM89eXJv1h1VomPbERErhl5Kj85lrCbnF0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aREVl1wk+AVN2zDQXSeSpwDUcSz/7tKMeYtTuDu9y3Z/TGOGN988BWTPZFu/1A555B U8BiIN1tHxPqJVv8fAg+4pW8t1EditsUZekli5Iyy77p8wUVoWuZnmYtgnj5QkSgHK/u t9Ov5ErXgcHM42BKnfhl4/q1iWZ9af/rTAz8o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.95.3 with SMTP id x3mr8054935anl.112.1250738860839; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:27:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1482051706@web.de> References: <1482051706@web.de> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:27:40 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Olaf Leidinger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:27:41 -0000 On 8/19/09, Olaf Leidinger wrote: > Dear list, > > I'd like to install FreeBSD 7.2 on my computer for testing purpuse and > eventually remove my Linux installation. Using FreeBSD in VirtualBox > works fine, so far. I can't install it on my real hardware, as the > installation media won't boot: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/41639431@N06/3835572003/ > > The boot menu appears, but as soon as I press a button OR around one > second elapses I get a message from the bootstrap loader (have a look at > the image). > > Can't work out which disk we are booting from. > > And the system seems frozen. This happens with the AMD64 install media. > Using i386 install media I get the same message, but the system reboots > automatically. Even the PC-BSD install media have the same problem. > > My hardware: > > Gigabyte board with AMD 770 chipset, two SATA disk in AHCI mode, an IDE > DVD drive (so nothing special). > > Other bootable optical disks (e.g. using isolinux or grub) work fine. > > What might be the problem? > > Thanks a lot for your help, > > O.Leidinger General answer to anyone having trouble booting or working reliably in bsd: In BIOS, disable PnP OS (may not have this exact verbiage, another common one is "Win95 installed") Also in BIOS, disable power management (HDD spindown, system standby, etc) try booting again. If it still fails, go into BIOS and "Load Safe Defaults" or whatever they call it, resetting all tweaks of the BIOS config to defaults and try booting. Some mobos just have quirks that need a BIOS update, try that last. Welcome to BSD.