From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 09:04:26 2004 Return-Path: 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 81AEC16A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:04:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from asmtp04.eresmas.com (asmtp04.eresmas.com [62.81.235.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0894D43D53 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:04:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ea1abz@wanadoo.es) Received: from [192.168.108.52] (helo=mx01.eresmas.com) by asmtp04.eresmas.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ch2Pv-0001AD-Sr; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:04:23 +0100 Received: from [80.103.16.231] (helo=[80.103.16.231]) by mx01.eresmas.com with asmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Ch2Pq-0006XW-Sm; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:04:22 +0100 Message-ID: <41C938C2.5090209@wanadoo.es> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:05:06 +0100 From: Ramiro Aceves User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> References: <20041222051348.71854.qmail@web53601.mail.yahoo.com> <200412220917.02579.4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <200412220917.02579.4711@chello.at> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) cc: scott@sremick.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:04:26 -0000 Scott I. Remick wrote: > I'm trying to breathe some life into some old hardware by giving it a task > of a server. I've burnt the full 5.3 ISO to CD. I can get it to read the CD > fine and start to boot. I get as far as the "Welcome to FreeBSD" menu (with > the ASCII daemon). No matter what option I choose, the bar then spins for a > moment and then the computer hangs. I have the same problem in my old Pentium 100MHz, but booting from floppies. I have tried the hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" and it does not work. Also have tried many of the boot loader options in loader man page, but no success. It is very boring and time consuming waiting for the three floppies to load, and at the end only seeing the last one reboots the computer. I have read many mailing lists without success. My pentium is 16 MB RAM, and the instalation process runs fine in FreeBSD 4.10. I would like to test the installation with a little more memory, as I have read on the Internet that "some people reported to need more than 20 MB to install 5.3, and that information is outdated on the manual". Saddly, it is not possible to get that old 72 pin memory here on the stores. I have an older 486 with 24 MB RAM and it runs freebsd 5.3 installation process very well, but unfortunately, its memory does not fit on the pentium. If you discover anything, please tell us. Ramiro.