Re: 6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580

On Sat, 2006-Jul-01 08:02:56 +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq

6.1-RELEASE won't boot on Compaq 1580

I've just acquired a couple of old Compaq Armada laptops. I can successfully install 6.1-RELEASE but the system won't boot from the HDD: The MBR menu displays but pressing F1 (the FreeBSD partition) just beeps. Pressing F3 (the Compaq configuration partition) works. I've checked that the CHS