Date: 23 Apr 2003 17:50:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-current-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting on laptop freezes Message-ID: <44sms8yjb9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44he8onc7l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <44he8onc7l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-current-local@be-well.no-ip.com> writes: > I was planning on playing with 5.0, but I can't get it to boot. > > I'm booting the mini-install CD (both -CURRENT as of a few days ago > and 5.0-RELEASE), and it gets as far as > pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 > agp0: <Intel 82443BX (440BX) host to PCI bridge> mem 0-0x3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci > and it locks up there for good. > > It *did* boot OK when I boot the floppies and tried an FTP install, > but I ran into a different problem (not managing to initialize the > network card), but I broke my network card and am trying to work from > the CD for the time being. > > The hardware is an HP Omnibook XE2, which is running FreeBSD-STABLE > just fine. > > Any hints on what I ought to be looking at, and what documentation > I may have missed? I *can* get further by booting floppies and then installing from CD, but I'm trying to figure out why I can't get the CD to boot the thing when CDBOOT is clearly working fine...
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