Hi. I also think that the boot hanger is an acer BIOS specific problem.
But that my partition table was wrong recreated is in my opinion the fault of the installer! As I wrote I even can't mount the HD within an external case with a linux live cd. HennR -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:27:02 -0000 > Von: Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [issue989] Installer seems to overwrite partition table > > Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > > :Hi there, > : > :I installed DF 2 days ago (the 1.12.1 release). I've choosen a primary > partition for the installation (/dev/hda2 in linux slang) and installed the > bootlocker on ad0. > : > :After the reboot my laptop hung immediately. I couldn't even see the BIOS > password dialog anymore. Whenever I try to reach my bios setup via F2 it > crashes on the way. > : > :Without the harddisk it is possible to boot the notebook without any > problems. > : > :I bought an external HD case and tried to mount the HD with a live CD: no > partition table... > : > :I can't find any reports for that issue, so I thought I will let you > know. > : > :Do you need any further information about my hardware? > : > :And is there a way to recover the table? > : > :greets from Germany. > : > :HennR > > Usually boot hangs are due to ide disk translation issues and BIOS > mode > settings for IDE disks, but I'm afraid I can't really help much. The > installer wasn't really designed for multi-boot systems. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---------- > status: unread -> chatting > > _____________________________________________________ > DragonFly issue tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <https://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issue989> > _____________________________________________________ -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger
