Mike Jakubik wrote: > I just installed 5.7-BETA7 using 5.3-BETA7-i386-disc1.iso on my dual boot > machine (Currently running WinXP). The installation went fine (i did it > twice to make sure i didnt screw up), everything was detected fine. After > the installation was complete, i reboot and i get the FreeBSD boot loader, > i hit F2 (the partition where fbsd is) and it just prints a carridge > return and it sits at "-", it does not spin and proceed as usual. This > particular machine is not new to FreeBSD, it has ran many version before > just fine. The only thing that is different is that i am now using the > promise supertrak sx6000 (pst) ide raid controller, which works fine under > windows in raid 0 mode. You can not boot of a sx6000 controller. The reason is that somehow our bootcode and the BIOS on the sx6000 doesn't get along. -- -SørenReceived on Tue Oct 12 2004 - 06:45:50 UTC
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