From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 19:06:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3961D16A4CF for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:06:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF6343D60 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:06:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) ESMTP id i8LJ64P1006800; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:06:04 -0700 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (c-24-18-235-11.client.comcast.net [24.18.235.11]) (authenticated bits=0)i8LJ63TL016870 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:06:04 -0700 From: David Syphers To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:06:03 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200409211736.i8LHajfK000463@mist.nodomain> <790a9fff040921111487afbca@mail.gmail.com> <4150757E.60504@root.org> In-Reply-To: <4150757E.60504@root.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409211206.03632.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> cc: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1 bootstrap failures X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:06:05 -0000 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 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. +++