Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:06:03 -0700 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1 bootstrap failures Message-ID: <200409211206.03632.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4150757E.60504@root.org> References: <200409211736.i8LHajfK000463@mist.nodomain> <790a9fff040921111487afbca@mail.gmail.com> <4150757E.60504@root.org>
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On Tuesday 21 September 2004 11:39 am, Nate Lawson wrote: > Scot Hetzel wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:36:45 -0700 (PDT), Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> wrote: > >>I just downloaded and burned 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1.iso and attempted to > >>start an installation. > >> > >>--------------------------- > > > > Since disabling ACPI didn't work try, disabling APIC at the loader prompt > > with: > > > > set hint.apic.0.disabled="1" at the loader prompt > > > > If this works, you might want to ask Nate if he wants your dmesg > > output and a dump of your ACPI. > > The "safe mode" from the daemon loader disables both acpi and apic so > that's one easy way to do this. This is the same problem I reported yesterday (with the more generic subject of "can't install 5.3-BETA5"). Booting in "safe mode" worked fine, and got me to the installation screen. -David -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++
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