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Date:      Sat, 05 May 2007 23:09:13 +0200
From:      Fabian Wenk <fabian@wenks.ch>
To:        FreeBSD AMD64 <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Installing FreeBSD on AMD64 - system freezes during boot
Message-ID:  <463CF279.7000101@wenks.ch>
In-Reply-To: <2ec115ed0704041309q13a4ceaata7a0a084c3d76d0c@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2ec115ed0704041309q13a4ceaata7a0a084c3d76d0c@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello Cláudio

Cláudio Henrique wrote:
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 Stable on my machine (AMD X2 AM2
> 4200 64bits, Asus M2N SLI Deluxe, nVidia 7950GS, 1 HD IDE, 1 HD SATA2,
> 1 DVDRW), but FreeBSD freezes right after detecting my HDs. I do not
> see the install screen.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there a boot option I can use to
> successfully install FreeBSD?

Did you try to boot with ACPI disabled or safe mode from the boot 
menu?

If ACPI disabled does work, you will need the following in 
/boot/loder.conf:

hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

If you need to boot in safe mode, then you also need the following 
in /boot/loader.conf:

hint.apic.0.disabled="1"


bye
Fabian



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