Re: 6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580
On Sat, 2006-Jul-01 08:02:56 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq configuration partition) works. For the archives: Rebuilding (and re-installing) boot0 from the sources on the 6.1-RELEASE CD using the default options (no /etc/make.conf) fixes the problem. I have no idea why the boot0 on the CD doesn't work for me (though the two boot0's are definitely different). -- Peter Jeremy pgp7NJlV1QOns.pgp Description: PGP signature
6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580
I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq configuration partition) works. I've checked that the CHS parameters in the MBR match those reported by the BIOS. I've tried using boot0cfg (on the fixit CD) to switch between packet and non-packet mode, as well as trying a 4.9-RELEASE MBR. I've checked that the boot sectors look sane (and in the correct sectors) using dd. I've previously used similar models with 4.11 so I wasn't expecting any problems. Before I start re-writing boot0.S, does anyone have any suggestions on how to debug this or what I've missed? -- Peter Jeremy pgpPxRvWikbIW.pgp Description: PGP signature
