8.0-BETA 3 has problems

[Saifi Khan]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Dimitry Andric wrote:

> On 2009-08-27 15:39, Saifi Khan wrote:
> > 8.0 beta3 DVD does NOT boot up on my Compaq C301 TU laptop too !
> > 
> > On another identical Compaq C301 TU laptop, 8.0 beta2 DVD and CD
> > boots up fine. In fact thats how i'm writing this mail.
> 
> Please supply error messages and/or any other relevant information,
> which might help to solve this issue.
> 

Further to my previous mail, here is some more information
for the same Compaq laptop hardware:

CD 7.0 i386             - boots - YES
CD 7.2 i386             - boots - YES
DVD 8.0-CURRENT 200902  - boots - YES
DVD 8.0-CURRENT 200903  - boots - YES
DVD 8.0-CURRENT 200905  - boots - YES
DVD 8.0-CURRENT 200906  - boots - YES
DVD 8.0-CURRENT beta2   - boots - YES

8.0-CURRENT beta3 CD    - boots - NO  - boot loader not found
                                        prints relocating the boot loader

8.0-CURRENT beta3 DVD   - boots - NO  - hangs right in beginning

8.0-CURRENT beta3 DVD   - boots - NO  - another DVD burnt - same obs.

8.0-CURRENT beta3 disc1 - boots - ??  - download in progress

OpenBSD 4.4 disc - boots - YES
OpenBSD 4.5 disc - boots - YES

DragonflyBSD 2.2.1 - boots - YES

Gentoo Linux 2007.0     - boots - YES
Gentoo Linux 2008.0     - boots - YES
Gentoo Linux 2008.0r1   - boots - YES
Gentoo Linux 20090i623  - boots - YES

OpenSolaris 10 x86   - boots - YES
OpenSolaris 0906 x86 - boots - YES

Let me know in case this was not helpful.


thanks
Saifi.