Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot
On 10/09/11 01:11, Michael Starr wrote: Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have successfully installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the system from a bootable USB stick. I would try another fresh install, but currently I can't do anything. Could someone please direct me to a solution? I hope I did not irrevocably alter my BIOS. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. Computer: HP dvr6 2150us (laptop) First of all - I looked for you notebook and it looks like you have an Intel Core i3 with an Intel GMA HD. If that is the case you will have troubles running Xorg on that notebook due to the lack of KMS in FreeBSD. There is a patch for HEAD (the development version of FreeBSD) but quiet some work is needed to get it running. KMS is under development right now - but not yet available in any releases... Regarding your problem: I have the same problem on my notebook - my solution is dirty but I was not able find a better one: (or better - not any other at all) - Install FreeBSD, remove the disk from your computer, put it in an external case and run fdisk (e.g. linux fdisk - i used fdisk from the parted magic boot cd for that) Mark the correct partition as active (even if it's already marked as such - remove the flag, write it, set it back and again write) - put it back into your notebook - now everything should work fine - don't ever press any of the F keys during the boot (it usually prompts for it) - it would result in the same problem as before - if you want to install eg windows now would be the time (if so - use the windows boot manager to boot freebsd - do NOT use the freebsd boot manager (the F1, F2, ... thing) ) [ http://bastian.rieck.ru/howtos/windows_boot_manager/ ] To be honest - I haven't tried booting FreeBSD after that fix without Windows - so no promises there - it might happen that it boots eg only once... An alternative solution would be to install FreeBSD using GPT instead of MBR (works if you a.) don't care about windows, or b.) have UEFI BIOS to install Windows on a GPT disk) Armin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot
Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have successfully installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the system from a bootable USB stick. I would try another fresh install, but currently I can't do anything. Could someone please direct me to a solution? I hope I did not irrevocably alter my BIOS. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. Computer: HP dvr6 2150us (laptop) -- Michael Starr masmi...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot
The chances that you have inadvertently altered your BIOS are quite slim. What does the machine display when you try to boot? On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 04:11:31PM -0700, Michael Starr wrote: Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have successfully installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the system from a bootable USB stick. I would try another fresh install, but currently I can't do anything. Could someone please direct me to a solution? I hope I did not irrevocably alter my BIOS. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. Computer: HP dvr6 2150us (laptop) -- Michael Starr masmi...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot
Are you able to boot from the usb you used to install? If yes, then my first instinct would be to scrub the disk and start over. Hopefully what ever is going on is just a freak anomaly. If you can boot the from the usb stick, go to the fixit shell and run dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k That will fill the disk with zeros, erasing _everything_. On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 04:56:29PM -0700, Michael Starr wrote: Thanks for the prompt response. The screen only shows the HP startup screen with the Press the Esc Key for Startup Menu at the bottom. When I press it, it doesn't do anything. Researching this a little more, it looks more like a partitioning issue. However, I used the automatic settings to configure the partitions on my hard drive. What could this mean? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Colin Barnabas a...@ucs.commailto:a...@ucs.com wrote: The chances that you have inadvertently altered your BIOS are quite slim. What does the machine display when you try to boot? On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 04:11:31PM -0700, Michael Starr wrote: Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have successfully installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the system from a bootable USB stick. I would try another fresh install, but currently I can't do anything. Could someone please direct me to a solution? I hope I did not irrevocably alter my BIOS. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you. Computer: HP dvr6 2150us (laptop) -- Michael Starr masmi...@gmail.commailto:masmi...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.orgmailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.orgmailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Michael Starr 760-522-0863 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Colin Barnabas a...@ucs.com wrote: Are you able to boot from the usb you used to install? If yes, then my first instinct would be to scrub the disk and start over. Hopefully what ever is going on is just a freak anomaly. If you can boot the from the usb stick, go to the fixit shell and run dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k Can you please not top-post while on this list as it's convention states? That command is suboptimal to put it kindly. First, it's not necessary to wipe the entire drive, simply destroying the first couple sectors will be sufficent for the cause. Second, in the rare case you do need to wipe the entire thing, don't use bs=1k unless you really enjoy sitting around waiting. Use either of the following if you really must: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k count=1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=512k but you can call me uncle Eddie if that somehow helps. I'm not sure how you think a bad burn would cause POST to fail. First, I'd check around and see if there were problems with system like this: http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-111507-hp-pavilion-dv6000-won-t-turn-on-black-screen Then I might look for BIOS updates to fix the problem. Teseting BIOS to defaults would be something I would try, followed by unplugging unnecessary peripherals. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
