misc/147458: FreeBSD 8 can't boot from dvd, unless dvd is explicitly chosen from bios boot menu

[Austin English]

>Number:         147458
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 8 can't boot from dvd, unless dvd is explicitly chosen from bios boot menu
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 04 03:00:16 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Austin English
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD pcbsd-884 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #10: Thu Jan  7 14:50:53 EST 2010     root at build8x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/pcbsd-build80/fbsd-source/8.0-src/sys/PCBSD  amd64
>Description:
Tested with FreeBSD 8.0, PC-BSD 8, as well as FreeBSD 8.1 beta. Hardware is an HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop. When I put in the BSD DVD to install, I get the cd loader, and up to the line '/boot/kernel/kernel text=0x8d9548'. The computer sits there for a minute or two, before rebooting itself.

I found, however, that if I hit escape in bios and explicitly choose to boot from the CD/DVD drive, the install will work just fine.
>How-To-Repeat:
Burn FreeBSD iso, put in drive and turn it on :-).
>Fix:
Explicitly choosing to boot from cd/dvd.

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