From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 21:22:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 66F9F16A930 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:22:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcurole@usc.edu) Received: from msg-mx3.usc.edu (msg-mx3.usc.edu [128.125.137.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2367F43D4C for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 21:22:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcurole@usc.edu) Received: from [128.125.85.86] by msg-mx3.usc.edu (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-5.02 (built Dec 1 2005)) with ESMTPS id <0IZW000MU61JJG30@msg-mx3.usc.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:22:32 -0700 From: Jason Curole To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210? 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: Fri, 26 May 2006 21:22:42 -0000 Hello all, I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently use Mac OS X and am reasonably comfortable with the unix side. I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210 machine (scrounged it up recently and it has a huge hard drive, otherwise I don't know much about it). I have tried installation with FreeBSD Release 6.0 and 6.1 (both the full cd and boot-only cd for 6.0; just the boot-only cd for 6.1). The machine boots and I get to the screen where I can select my boot option. I select 5, (boot with detailed messaging) and the machine goes through some SMAP messages, a couple of Copyrights and a Free- BSD claimer with an email address. It pauses here for a good 10-15min. Then I get messages regarding preloading of "elf kernel", "mfs_root" and "elf module", followed by tables 'FACP' and 'APIC', "MADT: Found table at ...", "APIC: Using the MADT enumerator", then: MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 0 ACPI ID 1: enabled MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 1 ACPI ID 2: disabled It has remained at this point for at least a half-hour (through lunch, etc.), no lights flashing and does not respond to the enter key. Is this normal? I should mention that between the attempt at installing 6.0 (about 4 weeks ago) and 6.1 I had installed OpenBSD and it appeared to install and work fine, so I think the machine is okay. Jason