From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 19 14:55:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C41216A557 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE1B43D62 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:55:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6JEsi35094725; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:54:44 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060719095220.02611d38@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:54:30 -0500 To: "Marwan Sultan" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: fbsd 6 didnot work on laptop 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: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:55:20 -0000 Check your BIOS that you don't have protection of the boot block enabled. If you do, remove that protection and reinstall. Some laptops can get stuck, and you have to pull the battery and AC power then restore the AC power to get them to restart. -Derek At 05:35 PM 7/18/2006, Marwan Sultan wrote: >Well, i have HP laptop dv5178us model. > >i installed freebsd 6.1, after installation is complete, it will ask you >to remove any cd and reboot >till here is fine.... > >after i reboot, it hangs!! >nothing happens! nothing moves!! just blank black dead screen!! >I installed fbsd again, and the same...infact after the installation is >complete and you remove the cd to restart it wont restart even you have to >shutoff the laptop and on again.. > >Anyone can Advice please? > >Marwan. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >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" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.