machine won't start

[Carsten Mattner]

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Carsten Mattner
<carstenmattner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Sascha Wildner <saw at online.de> wrote:
>> 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
>
> Pulled out the hdd, put the battery back, started.
> First the 4 POST LEDs looked like this
> GREEN  RED
> GREEN GREEN
> After loading default settings in the BIOS and doing some changes
> and saving all of it and restarting all LEDs went green.
>
> Thanks Sascha.
>
> Now I only need to find a way get the HDD content repaired.
> Suggestions? Can I use the same machine? I suppose
> I'll have to buy or find a USB adapter to connext the 3.5" SATA disk?
>
> This is the first time I saw a BIOS hang caused by harddisk content.

The important question is if the disk would have been incompatible
in content even if I hadn't hard-resetted the machine while in the
installer. ?