Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:23:01 +0200 From: "Driver Developer" <driver999dev@hotmail.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Lockup during boot attempting to install FreeBSD5.3 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 Message-ID: <BAY10-F8C31A445048420BD924CB9FBE0@phx.gbl>
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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: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 11.0 on pci1 pci2: <PCI bus> 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/
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