Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:14:32 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jbq@caraldi.com> Subject: Re: Dell E521 won't boot FreeBSD Message-ID: <200610191014.33042.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20061017222503.GA9416@zoupla.cottages> References: <20061017222503.GA9416@zoupla.cottages>
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On Tuesday 17 October 2006 18:25, Jean-Baptiste Quenot wrote: > Hi, > > Your suggestion to try the 'Safe Mode' was very good indeed, as it > allowed to pass the disk mounting stage. I found a more long-term > solution by setting hint.apic.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf. > > But this is not sufficient to make FreeBSD boot, I also have to: > > * disable the front USB panel, and one of the two rear USB panels > in the BIOS otherwise the keyboard and mouse do not work > > * unplug the mouse during the boot, otherwise keyboard and mouse > do not work. I plug it in again once entering user-land Weird, I've no idea what would cause that, though it might be a problem in the USB drivers. You could certainly ask on the freebsd-usb@ mailing list about the USB stuff. -- John Baldwin
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