kern/105514: FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop

[Scot Hetzel]

>Number:         105514
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 14 09:10:01 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Scot Hetzel
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD hp010 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #7: Mon Nov 13 01:38:48 CST 2006     swhetzel at hp010:/usr/obj/usr/src/7x/sys/GENERIC.debug  amd64
>Description:
It's a strange little bug, that I originally found when when setting up a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop to run FreeBSD/amd64 6.1-beta4.  The boot loader(?) would continuously dump these hex characters on the screen causing it to scroll at an unreadable rate.

This same problem is still occurring with the FreeBSD/amd64 6.2-Beta2 CD
(tested bootonly CD).  My solution to the problem was to hit the space bar until the speakers beeped for a couple of seconds (when you see
/boot/kernel/kernel you can release the space bar), then it loads and
executes the kernel and proceeds to sysinstall.

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2006-March/007883.html

Once sysinstall has finished the install of FreeBSD/amd64, the system has no problems booting from the hard drive.
>How-To-Repeat:
Purchase a HP Pavilion dv8000 Laptop and then try to boot the FreeBSD/amd64 install CD.
>Fix:

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