From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 00:37:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8124416A46C for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4295A13C45A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 14so299233nzn for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:37:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lRjtjKlQNfgs36VfW7yR7BeJm8MG2kvWN2oYpHAGtqYu0kq+CYkbnQuLD9ZxNVtbZA/mQQUz6Oa82Fi4RjCQ+EDiqtsx3EegyO8kJwS8MWhdOqwGcCcigCvrd3/rWLVh1kxN5klofkyyzJ/uAG73/p2UJDX4qjQ9M1MXTDNRh7k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bkgw7PQUtXeYm/VDmUElTkwCTmZ2ucbWbxUIuxnHLdEmAsqqGs3SduWNbPGfhJvUYf2mxRMw5NgBjz/Bkvc6ndF3Yi7dEN0kAUdnNWAwZVwFojtjlrpLl35/XEz7Z7epiv/lML9JOfuvIA4Ek794RCyz87Eb5+Kl2qBMfvGCPdc= Received: by 10.115.90.1 with SMTP id s1mr982614wal.1181176634347; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:37:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.85.2 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:37:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660706061737n387a145du1705dc29ae8714b5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:37:14 -0700 From: Modulok To: "S Parrish" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems installing 6.2 on Dell Dimension 4100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:37:15 -0000 On 6/6/07, S Parrish wrote: > I am new to FreeBSD and am trying to install 6.2 on a Dell Dimension 4100. > > After I get to the "Welcome to FreeBSD!" screen and press enter, I see the > following: > > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x43698 data=0x23c0+0x10f0 > syms=[0x4+0x7ba0+0x4+0xa828] > \ > > The second line is the position of the "twirling baton" when the system > hangs.... > > 1GHz Pentium III processor > 512 MB RAM > 2) 80GB Western Digital IDE hard drives > 3.5 inch floppy drive > Sony IDE DVD-ROM drive > (not sure of brand, came with the Dell) IDE CD-RW drive > Nvidia Ge-Force III video adapter with 128 MB ram (AGP) > D-Link 10/100 Ethernet card (PCI) > D-Link WiFi card (PCI) > Creative Soundblaster Live sound card (PCI) > 3-port Firewire card > USB 1.1 built into MB > PS/2 keyboard > USB mouse > > I have tried disabling everything possible in the BIOS as well as removing > every card, with the exception of the video card. I still get the same > results. I've tried every possible combination of primary/slave for both > hard drives and CD/DVD drives. Still no luck. > > I have tried disabling ACPI to no avail. > > I have also tried FreeBSD 5.5 and PC-BSD 1.3.01 and get the same > results....system hangs. Note that I have been able to successfully install > a number of Linux distros (including Mandrake, Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu, and > Debian) on this box previously with no problems. > Note that I *can* get to the "loader prompt" by selecting option 6 in the > welcome screen menu. However, every other option in the menu results in a > system hang. > > Has anyone ever run across anything like this? I've been working on this > for 3 days and am at wit's end. Any help is greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > On the up side, yes. I have a toshiba laptop (I forget the model number, and it's not with me at the moment) and it does the same thing. The only thing I didn't try, is to attempt an install with a stripped custom kernel. On the down side, I haven't gotten back to that project (among others), so I have yet to get it to work. In the mean time I installed Debian Sarge (though I still use FreeBSD on my main workstation). So, umm....you're not alone...if that helps? Sorry. Maybe someone else has some sage-like advice? -Modulok-