From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 12:32:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFABF16A418 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:32:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) Received: from mailrelay.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49B6413C43E for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:32:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) Received: from virusscan.mail (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay.mail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B87CC800 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:32:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by virusscan.mail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7F9C80E for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:32:51 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at uni-wuerzburg.de Received: from mail.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (wptd92.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.40.192]) by mailmaster.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17EBEC800 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:32:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.my.domain ([91.10.163.30]) by mail.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF96) with ESMTP id 2007122213324637-968 ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:32:46 +0100 Received: by localhost.my.domain (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:33:15 +0100 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:33:15 +0100 From: Alexey Shuvaev To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071222123235.GA1014@localhost.my.domain> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: Universitaet Wuerzburg X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on domino1/uni-wuerzburg(Release 7.0.3HF96 | December 5, 2007) at 12/22/2007 13:32:46, Serialize by Router on domino1/uni-wuerzburg(Release 7.0.3HF96 | December 5, 2007) at 12/22/2007 13:32:50, Serialize complete at 12/22/2007 13:32:50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD Current or 7.0 on AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz in an Acer 5520-5679 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:32:55 -0000 On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 05:42:45PM -0600, eculp wrote: > We have an almost new Acer 5520-5679 in the office that we intended to > partition and install 8.0-CURRENT-200712-amd64 but much to my > surprise accessing the cdrom it went into an immediate, unreadable > loop of hex numbers that can only be stoped by powering down. I next > tried 7.0BETA-4 standard (no amd64) and I can get to the Welcome menu > but with all options end up with a BTX halted, almost immediately. > > The machine specs are: > AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz 2x512K Lw cache > 2GB DDR2 > 160G HDD > > Short update. I built a release locally with yesterdays sources > 7.0-BETA4 with the same problem. > > Has anyone else seen this with Turion 64x2 or is it an Acer thing. We > should learn that cheap is often expensive. > > Thanks, > > ed Hello! Maybe it is a shot in the air, but the problem seems to be not in the kernel but in the loader. It is known that attempt to boot from USB mass storage devices on some machines gives the halt in BTX. (See, for example "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=usb/118571") So, one can try to to build install ISO with realbtx patch applied and see, if the problem gone. The patch is "http://people.freebsd.org/~kib/realbtx/realbtx.2.patch" Alexey.