FreeBSD/AMD64 6.1-Beta4: Strange problem with install CDs boot loader

[Scot Hetzel]

Update on the strange CD boot problem:

I downloaded 6.1-RC1 Boot only CD and it exibits the same problem, as
the Beta4 CD.  It still loads the loader, displays that it is loading
the /boot/loader.conf file, but before it displays that it loading the
kernel it crashes (no output of crash available, as the display is
unreadable due to crash).  But if I hold down the space bar while it
is booting, it displays that it is loading /boot/kernel/kernel and
then proceeds as normal going into the sysinstall menu.

In an attempt to isolate the problem, I copied the kernel and loader
off the CD onto the HD of my installed FreeBSD/amd64 systems /boot
directory, and I had no problem booting off the HD with the kernel or
loader from the CD.

I also upgraded the BIOS from F.31 to F.33, this still didn't fix the
problem of booting off of the CD.

Scot
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