Laptop and live cd

[Bryan Berch]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

   Ouch.  If 4.6 doesn't boot then it isn't an El Torito emulation
   issue.  It sounds like the loader is overwriting memory that the 
   BIOS is using.

   I can only think of one thing.

   ESC out of the boot sequence before boot2 is able to load
   /boot/loader.  There is a very short interval of time after you hit
   e.g. F1 from boot0 where boot0 loads boot1 and boot2 and then boot2
   tries to load /boot/loader.  If you hit ESC a few times immediately
   after hitting F1 from boot0 you should be able to break into the
   boot2 prompt.
   From the boot2 prompt you could try booting the /kernel directly
   rather then /boot/loader.  

   If that works then the problem is likely related to BTX emulation,
   but its virtually undebuggable so finding the cause might be 
   impossible.  If that doesn't work then the problem is likely due
   to the BIOS needing memory that the boot loader is overwriting.  There
   is no real fix for that sort of thing without knowing exactly what
   the problem is.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
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