[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #8943: Haiku crashes at boot on Acer Aspire X1200
- From: "Luposian" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:11:38 -0000
#8943: Haiku crashes at boot on Acer Aspire X1200
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Reporter: Luposian | Owner: xyzzy
Type: bug | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Drivers/Disk | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking: 7665
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by Luposian):
Ok, big surprise for me... Acer had two BIOS updates and I hadn't
downloaded/installed either of them! I just installed the latest one
(-B0) and I think there's a change to the SATA section... it now offers
IDE mode (no sub-options beyond that, though)!
I tried booting without any DVD drives attached and nothing changed.
Still crashed. So I zero'd my drive, installed Windows Vista (just so I
could update the BIOS firmware... WHY ME?!?) and then proceeded to boot
the hrev45301 CD in my LG DVD-RW drive (in AHCI mode), and it promptly
crashed at the 4th icon (really fast this time). So, I switched to IDE
mode in the BIOS and the CD boots, but... upon formatting the drive in
Haiku and installing it, the system (not a Haiku crash) says there's no
bootable partition or something. If I use Acer's F12 Boot Menu to force
boot the SATA HD, it says no boot sector found or something! Going back
to AHCI doesn't change anything. Same story.
So, I've wrecked everything. Except I have the last, most recent BIOS
update for the system. I have no Windows. I have no Lubuntu. I have no
Haiku. It's all crunch. I'm going to try to zero the drive again (ah, 40
minutes of waiting!) and see if formatting/installing Haiku will work this
time.
IDE mode makes the Haiku CD boot in the LG DVD-RW. That much I now know.
Now I'm just trying to get Haiku onto the SATA HD successfully and will
have to wait a few days for that, til we get back from our trip.
If anyone has any suggestions/ideas/advice while I'm gone, let me know. I
can use all the help I can get!
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