Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:07:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Bill G." <billg@cyberwar.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: laptop install hangs Message-ID: <199901210107.RAA04774@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:27:02 EST." <4.1.19990120192300.0094fbe0@mail.cybernex.net>
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> At 07:43 PM 1/19/99 -0800, you wrote: > >"Bill G." writes: > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a new Umax Actionbook 318T > > Laptop, but it is hanging on the boot disk after it lists the kernel > > version / builder email address... > > > >Do you get any more information if you boot with the "-v" flag? > > with -v, I get the following after kernel builder/dir: > Calibrating clock(s) ... TSC clock: 300700886 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193261 Hz > CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method > > anyone know when the 2.2.8-RELEASE-PAO boot disk will be ready? (I > don't know if it will help, but I'd try anything at this point).. I've seen this before, but only on a really broken old 486 motherboard. It had funky nonstandard realtime clock hardware, and the "time out eventually" loop took a very long time. If you can, leave the machine "stuck" there overnight. It may haul through, which will tell us something useful about your hardware. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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