Today I tried installing FreeBSD 9 (32-bit) on a machine which had been booting into Windows XP without any trouble. I went through the FreeBSD installer, took all the defaults, let FreeBSD take over the entire drive, and the install appeared to complete without any problems. I rebooted the machine and now, if the internal hard drive is connected, the computer will not proceed past the POST screen. The keyboard doesn't respond, I can't access the BIOS, the boot device menu, anything. If I disconnect the internal hard drive that has a fresh install of FreeBSD 9 on it, then I can boot from a CD or USB key, access the BIOS, change boot devices, etc.
Somehow it seems installing FreeBSD 9 rendered the computer unusable as long as that drive is attached. I've performed installs of FreeBSD before (along with Linux, Windows, etc) and I've never seen this happen before. Any suggestions as to what happened and what I can do to fix it?
Somehow it seems installing FreeBSD 9 rendered the computer unusable as long as that drive is attached. I've performed installs of FreeBSD before (along with Linux, Windows, etc) and I've never seen this happen before. Any suggestions as to what happened and what I can do to fix it?