From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 07:05:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A7C716A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 07:05:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from house.arach.net.au (house1.arach.net.au [203.30.44.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CC3243D1F for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 07:05:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kat-free@kaqelectronics.dyndns.org) Received: (qmail 1723 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2004 15:21:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webserver.kaqelectronics.dyndns.org) (202.89.160.199) by house1.arach.net.au with SMTP for ; 9 Feb 2004 15:21:21 -0000 Received: from wskatinka ([192.168.0.254])id i19FU6rR034853 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:30:07 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from kat-free@kaqelectronics.dyndns.org) From: "Kathy Quinlan" To: "Freebsd-Questions" Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:05:09 +0800 Message-ID: <004e01c3ef1e$1ccdc2d0$fe00a8c0@wskatinka> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: 5.2 install hangs after menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:05:20 -0000 I am trying to install FreeBSD5.2 on an Athlon XP 2100+ machine with 512Mb ram and 20gb hdd (5gb partition for FreeBSD)MSI 745 Ultra motherboard. If I select any option on the menu, it tries to install and then hangs saying BTX halted. Even if I use option 3 (safe mode) If I select option 5 (verbose debug) it gives the following error message: ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory. Any help is appreciated, as google has turned up nothing :( Regards, Kat. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 6/02/2004