Bug 116977

Summary: [boot] FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv9030ea
Product: Base System Reporter: Esar Ade <esarade>
Component: amd64Assignee: freebsd-amd64 (Nobody) <amd64>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Esar Ade 2007-10-06 16:40:03 UTC 
FreeBSD/amd64 - Fails to boot on HP Pavilion dv9030ea

The boot loader(?) would continuously dump these hex characters on the screen causing it to scroll at an unreadable rate.

How-To-Repeat: boot from FreeBSD/amd64 boot cd on pavilion dv9000 laptop
Comment 1 John Merryweather Cooper 2007-10-23 06:39:48 UTC 
I have an HP Pavillion dv9000 (dv9420us).  I have a similar experience,
but I've also found a work-around.

If, when the the BIOS Splash screen is just about to disappear, one
starts pressing <spacebar>, then the boot slice prompt comes up.  Press
<enter> and the laptop boots normally.  It's a big hassle, but it works.

jmc
Comment 2 Matteo Riondato freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-05-18 01:22:20 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

Is this still a problem on modern FreeBSD versions?
Comment 3 Matteo Riondato freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-05-18 21:39:38 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

Submitter reports that 7.0 worked fine.