On 05/06/10 12:57, Rafael R Obelheiro wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to install OpenBSD on an HP Compaq 6005 machine, but it's not > booting OpenBSD from a CD-ROM. It prints the following messages: > > CD-ROM: 9F > Loading /4.7/I386/CDBOOT > probing: pc0 com0 pci mem[ > > and then simply hangs. > > I've tried the latest 4.7 snapshot (both i386 and amd64) and 4.6/i386, all > with the same results. > > The same machine runs Linux (Ubuntu 9.10, FWIW) just fine. I'm not sure it > helps, but I've appended a Linux dmesg below (no OpenBSD dmesg since the > thing won't boot). > > Any hints on how to solve the problem? > > Cheers, > Rafael
have you tried the floppy emulation CDROM images? IF the problem is the CDBOOT code, the image i386/cdemu47.iso may let you bootstrap the system. Even if you want to run amd64, once you have i386 installed, you could then boot off bsd.rd from amd64 and install there. No promises. A large part of me hopes it doesn't work, hopefully few people need cdemu*.iso...but if you are one of 'em, might be worth trying. (disclaimer: I'm not promising there isn't a flaw in my logic that makes the above suggestion totally stupid. it's been a long weekend...) Nick.
