HP 2570p installation

[Ludovit Koren]

>>>>> On Sun, 26 May 2013 16:13:24 -0400
>>>>> gjb at FreeBSD.org(Glen Barber)  said:
> 
> [[PGP Signed Part:No public key for 524F0C37A0B946A3 created at 2013-05-26T22:13:24+0200 using RSA]]
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 09:20:56PM +0200, Ludovit Koren wrote:
> > 
> > I am sorry for the delay.
> > 
> 
> Acutally, I did get your original reply.  Sorry I did not repsond
> sooner.
> 
> > > > After Setting BIOS to legacy, with the 9.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img,
> > > > I succeeded to boot. The 10-CURRENT has still problems to boot to
> > > > installation window.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Where does it stop?  The same place?
> > > 
> > 
> > no. Before, it stopped right after beginning phase: bios control
> > transfering to boot. Now, right before gtk? install phase.
> > 
> 
> Are you able to see what is on the screen right before the installation
> screen?  FWIW, I did test this image, and was able to get to the initial
> installation screen, and was able to get to the live cd.
> 
> Can you also try pressing [CTRL][ALT][F4]?  I think there is an
> emergency TTY set up, same as with the 8.x images.
> 

In 9.1, I can switch to the shell...

> Also, what options do you have for the SATA controller on this machine?
> Can you toggle between AHCI and ATA to see if you can get past this
> hang?
> 

when in ahci I cannot boot. If in the IDE, it stops in mountroot>

lk