From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 4 11:21:46 2005 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 2BCA416A4CE; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:21:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsam.ru (gw.ipt.ru [80.253.10.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2795143D2F; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:21:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from bsam by bsam.ru with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Clmly-0003ra-9V; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:22:46 +0300 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:22:46 +0300 From: "Boris B. Samorodov" To: kalin mintchev Message-ID: <20050104112246.GA14661@ipt.ru> References: <53879.68.165.89.73.1104554054.squirrel@68.165.89.73> <59114.68.165.89.73.1104823413.squirrel@68.165.89.73> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <59114.68.165.89.73.1104823413.squirrel@68.165.89.73> Sender: "Boris B. Samorodov" cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX halted 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: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:21:46 -0000 Hi! On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:23:33AM -0500, kalin mintchev wrote: > this is a few days old. i got a reply saying to try floppies but from the > INSTALL.txt under the amd64/5.3-REL it says: > 1.3 Floppy Disk Image Instructions > > Floppy disk based install is not supported on FreeBSD/amd64. > > like i said i played with bios settings and nothing really worked. > can somebody help? > > thanks.. > > > > hi all... > > > > i'm trying to install 5.3 on an amd machine... > > i got the discs and they are ok but when i start the off the disk the boot > > stops with BTX halted no matter which boot mode i chose. > > i looked on google and i found a few posts about bios issues but non of > > that helped - i couldn't find how to disable DMA. the only location i saw > > the DMA mentioned was under PnP/PCI configurations => Resources Controlled > > by in the bios but there the setting is Auto(ESCD). i tried al the options > > there and it still stops at the same place... > > > > anybody can help?! > > > > thanks.... In similar circumstances (but with FreeBSD/i386) I succeeded by installing one of the previous releases and upgrading by sources. WBR -- bsam