From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 14:24:09 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 DF5F616A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:24:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay10-f8.bay10.hotmail.com [64.4.37.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFC543D3F for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:24:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from driver999dev@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:24:09 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 213.249.56.36 by by10fd.bay10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:23:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [213.249.56.36] X-Originating-Email: [driver999dev@hotmail.com] X-Sender: driver999dev@hotmail.com From: "Driver Developer" To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:23:01 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Nov 2004 14:24:09.0414 (UTC) FILETIME=[41933660:01C4D6E8] Subject: Lockup during boot attempting to install FreeBSD5.3 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 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, 30 Nov 2004 14:24:10 -0000 Attempting to install FreeBSD 5.3 on my company laptop (Dell Inspiron 2500) I am facing a lockup prior to getting to sysinstall. In fact, during the default kernel boot, the system locks up right after printing these lines: cbb0: ... cardbus0: .... pccard0: .... I tried booting without ACPI, booting "safe mode", but no option in the menu helped. I then googled for similar problem (for a couple of hours) and exhaustively tested ALL combinations of the following: set hw.eisa_slots=0 set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 set hint.pcic.0.disabled=1 set hw.pci.enable_io_modes=1 set hw.pci.do_powerstate=0 (setting them from option 6, and then typing: boot) Nothing helped. Eventually, I realized that the lockup occurs while probing PCMCIA cards (inside the pccard device driver?) so I removed the two plastic place-holders inside the two PCMCIA slots (they don't seem to bother linux/windowsXP). Lo and behold, it moved: It passed through the ... pccard0:... line and locked up a couple of lines later: pcib2: at device 11.0 on pci1 pci2: on pcib2 Perhaps there's a way I can disable probing of this PCI bus? (using lspci from Linux verified that no cards seem to exist on this "bridge"). Given the fact that I have coded Windows device drivers for a lliving in the past (and that I also have a working gentoo linux installation) I can pretty much test anything you throw at me. Help? P.S. I post through hotmail to avoid spam. Should you wish for a safer address, here is one: ttsiodras_starting-here_remove_all_crap_and_stop_here_at_semantix_dot_gr Naturately, you'll have to creatively filter it. _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/