Hello,
I have a very big problem at the time. I am a Linux user and I wanted to try FreeBSD. So I downloaded the "DVD1" install media of the latest release, burnt it on a DVD, and booted the installer. I began then a standard installation on my laptop : setting up keyboard map, selecting packages to install, an so on. About partitioning, I had previously created 300 GB free space on my 500 GB; I chose the standard automated partitioning, telling the installer not to use the full disk but the remaining place on it. As expected, I was suggested to create a new 300 GB FreeBSD partition ; that is what I chose. Then I began the installation.
Here comes the problem : the installer seemed to have copied the files correctly, but once it was over, I got a command line asking me for a new root password, but... at this moment the computer freezed. No single key had any effect, and nothing seemed to happen anymore. I had no other choice than switching the laptop off. But since I switched it on again... nothing works anymore ! The only thing I get is the HP boot logo, with the usual text "Press ESC to stop normal booting". The computer freezes at this point, and I cannot do anything ! I am not able to boot on any HDD, CD or USB stick. Pressing any key does not have any effect, and after a while comes a moment where any key I press gives me a "beep" from the computer.
What the hell has happened ? What can I do ? Please help me...
Thank you,
Grenouille
P.S. My laptop is a HP Pavilion dv6 and does not have UEFI.
I have a very big problem at the time. I am a Linux user and I wanted to try FreeBSD. So I downloaded the "DVD1" install media of the latest release, burnt it on a DVD, and booted the installer. I began then a standard installation on my laptop : setting up keyboard map, selecting packages to install, an so on. About partitioning, I had previously created 300 GB free space on my 500 GB; I chose the standard automated partitioning, telling the installer not to use the full disk but the remaining place on it. As expected, I was suggested to create a new 300 GB FreeBSD partition ; that is what I chose. Then I began the installation.
Here comes the problem : the installer seemed to have copied the files correctly, but once it was over, I got a command line asking me for a new root password, but... at this moment the computer freezed. No single key had any effect, and nothing seemed to happen anymore. I had no other choice than switching the laptop off. But since I switched it on again... nothing works anymore ! The only thing I get is the HP boot logo, with the usual text "Press ESC to stop normal booting". The computer freezes at this point, and I cannot do anything ! I am not able to boot on any HDD, CD or USB stick. Pressing any key does not have any effect, and after a while comes a moment where any key I press gives me a "beep" from the computer.
What the hell has happened ? What can I do ? Please help me...
Thank you,
Grenouille
P.S. My laptop is a HP Pavilion dv6 and does not have UEFI.