From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 26 11:51:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D2016A41F for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:51:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204A343D48 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:51:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 30545 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2005 11:51:53 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail27.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 26 Oct 2005 11:51:53 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 48A892841B; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:51:52 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Paulino Calderon References: <8dc358df0510251403q65ac1e48ua19b263e7e379576@mail.gmail.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 26 Oct 2005 07:51:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8dc358df0510251403q65ac1e48ua19b263e7e379576@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <44r7a8qyw7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel boot hangs during installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:51:54 -0000 Paulino Calderon writes: > Ive got a Toshiba Satellite P10-EE1 with the following specifications: > -Intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 Processor 3.20 GHz processor with Hyper Threading > Technology, 533MHz PSB > L1 Cache 12KB/8KB (instruction/data), L2 Cache 512KB > -Disk drive 80 gb : TOSHIBA MK9026GAX > -Video card: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 > -TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R6112 > -Atheros Wireless Network Adapter > > Well first I tried to install freebsd 5.4 without success, i cant get it to > boot, my installation cd works ( ive tried on different machines ), I get > the menu with the ASCII daemon and let the countdown time out, but then it > hangs when it tries to boot the kernel. Ive tried the acpi off and safe mode > and the same thing happens, so i thought this might be a incompatibility > problem so i waited and tried the 6.0 RC1 and still no luck, any help or > orientation you can give me would be really appreciated, thanks. Try selecting the "safe mode" to boot, and you should at least be able to get through installation. Then you'll be able to debug the specific problems more easily. Yesterday I bought a new machine that wouldn't boot with the APIC enabled. I'll have to figure out how to fix that as soon as possible, but for now it works fine, just a little slower than it should.