From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 05:05:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 94D6016A492 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 05:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C8843D5D for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 05:05:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 17574 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2006 16:05:19 +1100 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Nov 2006 16:05:19 +1100 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:05:11 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: tecol Message-ID: <20061108160511.05aaf1ee@localhost> In-Reply-To: <45515EBA.7090506@monobath.com> References: <454FF2CD.5020906@monobath.com> <20061108004104.1e2ca5dd@localhost> <45515EBA.7090506@monobath.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install error - MOD_LOAD (amr_linux, 0xffffffff806205d0, 0) error 6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:05:21 -0000 On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:36:10 -0600 tecol wrote: > Yes, I've tried all the boot methods. please CC the list so any useful information ends up in the archives - specially now that you included far more info :) >Default (option 1), single user > (option 4), and verbose logging (option 5) all fail with an ACPI error > that complains of a bad character in the ACPI table. Option 2 (no ACPI) > and option 3 (Safe mode) fail with the amr_linux MOD_LOAD error 6 > message immediately after the timecounters message is issued. > I've also exited to the loader prompt (option 6) and looked for the > amr_linux module. It does not show up in the output of the lsmod > command. I don't know how to tell it not to load the amr_linux module or > amr. How do I do that? > > I don't have a RAID card. My motherboard is ASUS A8N-VM CSM and it has > four SATA II connectors. The documentation doesn't say what RAID chipset > is being used. The messages at power on go by too fast for me to read. > In any case, my hard drive is IDE. have you tried disabling the SATA controller in the BIOS? could it be that amr is built into GENERIC and causing this issue? ... anyone? > > > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:43:25 -0600 > > tecol wrote: > > > > > >> I tried to install the AMD64 build of FreeBSD 6.1. Very early in the > >> installation right after the Timecounter messages, I get this MOD_LOAD > >> error 6 and the system hangs: > >> > >> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2011163535 Hz quality 800 > >> 2 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > >> module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (amr_linux, 0xffffffff806205d0, 0) error 6 > >> > > > > have you tried booting in safe mode? > > > > have you tried entering the bootloader command prompt and tell it not to > > load the amr_linux (and possibly amr itself) ? > > > > I imagine either of both approaches will leave you without access to your > > RAID controller, but you can then test by loading it by hand and seeing if > > you can reproduce,etc.... > > > > btw, what model of raid card do you have? (it may be useful...) > > > > > > > > _________________________ > > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > > > Do not take away the camels hump, you may be stopping him from being a > > camel. > > > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > > Warned. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Two things have come out of Berkeley, Unix and LSD. It is uncertain which caused the other. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.