booting from SATA DVD-RAM, no go

[Mars G Miro]

Hi guys

   It just does:
...
Building the boot loader arguments
Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
Relocating the loader and the BTX
...

 Then the screen goes blank. I've tried setting AHCI and unsetting it
(IDE mode), still no go. Tried the 7-STABLE / 8-CURRENT (amd64)
snapshots from February.

 This is on an LG GH22LS40 on a Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H mobo w/ the latest
BIOS from their website.

 Clues? I'll prolly plug an old CD-ROM just to install FreeBSD on it. Thanks.


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cheers
mars
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