FreeBSD just won't boot!

2004-12-21 Thread jsha
Hello. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP Compaq DC7100 but it doesn't want to boot after the installation. I've tried a few things here: 1) Installing with/without ACPI 2) Installing with BootMgr as well as Standard MBR 3) Entered the BIOS setup (F10) to look for solving options And

Re: FreeBSD just won't boot!

2004-12-21 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-12-21 10:20, jsha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP Compaq DC7100 but it doesn't want to boot after the installation. I've tried a few things here: 1) Installing with/without ACPI 2) Installing with BootMgr as well as Standard MBR 3) Entered

Re: FreeBSD just won't boot!

2004-12-21 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:20:25 +0100 jsha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a HP Compaq DC7100 but it doesn't want to boot after the installation. I've tried a few things here: 1) Installing with/without ACPI 2) Installing with BootMgr as well as

Re: FreeBSD just won't boot!

2004-12-21 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:12:38 +0100 jsha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. How is it failing? It reboots in an infinite loop. I've tried almost every option the BIOS can offer me, like disabling ACPI/APIC and DMA ... but to no good. I do not see any UNIX option in it, even though it at