Re: Acer Travelmate 8371 bricked by installing FreeBSD?
Uffe Jakobsen <[email protected]>
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On 11/11/10 23.29, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Uffe Jakobsen writes: > > After FBSD install I could not boot or get into the bios and change the > > SATA emu-mode setting - that is where the removal of the disk is needed > > - since this will enable you to get past that hanging bios point and get > > into the bios setup again > > Well, beastie finally came alive again :-) This was exactly the way to > go, and with Warren's hint about how the HDD lid is attached I managed > to sneak into the BIOS again. With the HDD set to IDE mode, FreeBSD > would boot without a hitch. Anyway, I reinstalled the system, this > time using the standard boot manager, to make sure this setting was > all it takes. The second install would also boot just fine, so now I'm > all set to work out the remaining issues. I'll probably have to tap > into your ingenuity again, but I'll do so in a separate thread. > I'm happy to hear that your system is alive again :-) > > > > I have no proof at this point - but I suspect the FBSD BootManager to be > > the one to blame when used in combination with the ahci sata emulation > > setting... but I'm by no means an expert in these things - and I did > > never get to the bottom of the problem... > > > > I can't add much information here either. However, with the HDD mode > set to IDE it does not matter which boot loader you use. Both the > standard loader and the FreeBSD loader work fine. > Ok, I guess it is up to one of us to see if the std mbr/bootloader has a problem with running in sata ahci mode - and report it if that's the case. When I finally found the workaround - I stopped expierimenting with my Acer Aspire since the internal sata plastic ribbon cable is quite thin and fragile - and frankly does not look as if it can stand that much messing around with disk swaps etc... /Uffe _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"