machine won't start

[Sascha Wildner]

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:15:47 +0200, Carsten Mattner  
<carstenmattner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried to install dfly 3.0.2 on an old amd64 box.
>
> When setup was in the configuration phase it didn't allow setting
> passwords with : or other characters.
>
> At that point I hit hard (cold) reset and since that time the machine
> won't leave the BIOS startup phase (POST?).
>
> Took out the CMOS battery for a minute to no avail. Anything else I
> should try? Is it possible that the ROM or CPU has been damaged by
> the installer? I can't even get into the BIOS via DEL.
> I'll take out the CMOS battery overnight and try tomorrow.
>
> Thanks for any help.

It sounds like http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/989

Sascha