booting from SATA DVD-RAM, no go

[Mars G Miro]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Mars G Miro <spry at anarchy.in.the.ph> wrote:
> 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.
>

rrrrrrrrrr. plugging in an old CD-ROM still gives me the same thing.

Next stop: PXE, or just install FreeBSD on the HD in a separate
machine altogether ...


>
> --
> cheers
> mars
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>



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mars
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