From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 03:42:41 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 2109316A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:42:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48EF43D54 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:42:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD35069A71; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:42:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:42:39 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: ceo@l-i-e.com Message-Id: <20040909234239.5edfaece.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <10004.66.243.145.85.1094787110.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> References: <000001c4967b$702b5b90$09cafea9@Tr1cH> <10004.66.243.145.85.1094787110.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: christophe.asselin@polymtl.ca cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting the install cd 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: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:42:41 -0000 "Richard Lynch" wrote: > Christophe Asselin wrote: > > I want to install FreeBsd 5.2.1 but when i boot from the install i386 cd > > an error occur. > > > > Some text appear and it froze (stuck at these lines) > > "pcibo: port oxcf8-oxcff on acpi0 > > pci0: on pcibo > > pcibo: slot 2 INTA is routed to irq 10" > > > > in windowsxp, if I watch for irq10, it say that my intel 82852/82855 > > GM/GME graphic card is on that irq > > IRQs are shared, so there could be TWO things on IRQ 10... > > So you can't really be sure it's your graphic card. > > I believe that is the same card as is in my laptop, and 5.2.1 installed > fine on that... > > I'm not saying for sure it's *NOT* your graphics card -- just that it's > not looking all that likely... > > Cheap/easy things to try: > re-download (or check the checksum) the disk 1 binary. > re-burn a new CDR. Additionally, grab one of the 5.3BETA snapshots and try it out. A LOT of things have been fixed/improved since 5.2.1. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com