Re: Compaq Evo boot problem

[Haidut <haidut@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x and 6.x all produce the same error. NetBSD
installs fine and I haven't tried OpenBSD yet.
I'd gladly try to fix the bug but it's hard to begin when I don't even
know what's causing it. Obviously it's something special to the
Compaq/HP machines since Dfly installed fine on other hardware (Dell,
IBM) but since it occurs at very beginning of the boot process I don't
see how to trace it or debug it.

On 7/28/06, Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Haidut wrote:
> > Yes, I followed this article and set everything to MAX PIO. It still
> > doesn't work and it's very annoying. BTW, to do give Dfly credit I
> > have to say that installing the latest FreeBSD version gives the same
> > error.
>
> Does FreeBSD-4 have the same issue?
>
> > This is a really embarassing bug for a modern operating system
> > to have. Of all things, the bootloader should be the most stable. And
> > the computer is not that old either. It's a P4 and both Linux and
> > Windows work on it like charm.
>
> As long as there is nobody finding and fixing the bug, it will stay.  That's the concept of open source.  So if you find the bug, I will be happy to commit the fix.
>
> cheers
>   simon
>
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