Just installed Dragonfly BSD on my desktop, did I brick my hard drive?
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ChetMustang · 2018-08-18 19:31

After installing Dragonfly BSD my computer is stuck at the start up
screen, did I brick my hard drive somehow?

And I can't access the boot menu or bios settings
everything works fine on the other hard drives (the ones without
dragonfly BSD installed)

https://i.redd.it/z638blnflwg11.jpg

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[deleted] · 2018-08-18 19:42

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ChetMustang · 2018-08-18 20:06

if I unplug the hard drive, everything is fine, it's literally when
that hard drive is plugged in, it freezes on that screen, I also
tested it on another hard drive with the same operating system and the
same thing happened. even having the cd or any other booting cd
doesn't seem to work. Haven't tried a utility usb though

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johnklos · 2018-08-18 20:24

Go in to your BIOS settings and turn off the full screen logo option
so you can see what's going on.

No, you didn't brick your hard drive. The bootloader on it is probably
borked.

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[deleted] · 2018-08-18 20:40

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localtoast · 2018-08-18 21:30

I have a similar system, it's a firmware bug most likely - it also
hanged with an OpenBSD disk. removed it, everything was fine

what system are you running on?

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[deleted] · 2018-08-18 22:24

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ChetMustang · 2018-08-19 00:54

an emachines w3622, it's been upgraded to max ran (2 gb) and I
switched out the intel celeron with a pentium D 935. also have a
geforce 210 for the graphics card.
as for the os I believe I made a disc of dragonfly BSD 5.2.2, it
should be the one you get from the website.

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localtoast · 2018-08-19 03:12

the machine I had trouble with was a similar Pentium D system; SiS
chipset?

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icantthinkofone · 2018-08-19 09:40

In all my decades of designing and building computer systems, I have
never, EVER had a problem with cables breaking on their own.

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[deleted] · 2018-08-19 09:48

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icantthinkofone · 2018-08-19 09:52

Then you work on shit systems. And I've been designing systems from
scratch at the TTL level since 1980.

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[deleted] · 2018-08-19 09:53

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icantthinkofone · 2018-08-19 09:55

I'm not. I'm warning others to ignore your advice.

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qci · 2018-08-19 11:20

The BIOS/firmware bugs are quite common. I've had cases where BIOSes
hung until I detached the hard drive. Worst thing can happen is if you
need to open a laptop to get it to boot and you need to find a good
BIOS to erase the drive in some other hardware.

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ChetMustang · 2018-08-19 12:54

Intel 945gc express?

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LinuxLeafFan · 2018-08-20 22:34

oman?