standards/112635: Hang during boot installation

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

The following reply was made to PR i386/112635; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: des at des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=)
To: Renaud Pagin <renaud.pagin at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: standards/112635: Hang during boot installation
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:46:16 +0200

 Renaud Pagin<renaud.pagin at gmail.com> writes:
 > Use freeBSD 6.2 DVD edition on USB DVD-Reader on IBM Xseries 100 Station.
 >
 > The bootloader start but loading DVD stop with only the cursors stopped (=
  / ).
 >
 > Try many time, played with almost all options in Bios but no way to go fu=
 rther.
 >
 > Checked the media and DVD!
 
 This is a common problem when booting from USB media.  The FreeBSD boot
 loader switches to protected mode very early, and many USB BIOSes seem
 to have a problem with that.  There really isn't much you can do about
 it.
 
 DES
 --=20
 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des at des.no