From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 22:30:45 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 AE5B716B0EA for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 22:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0102.google.com (wx-out-0102.google.com [66.249.82.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1666343D60 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 22:30:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i31so122964wxd for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.68.3 with SMTP id q3mr231857wxa; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.4? ( [216.45.217.148]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h14sm810664wxd.2006.05.26.15.30.41; Fri, 26 May 2006 15:30:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 18:30:42 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Seibercom In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060526170614.026b7318@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> <6.0.0.22.2.20060526170614.026b7318@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060526182732.BFDE.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.25 [en] Subject: Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 22:30:48 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > If you have nothing of value on the hard drive, I would suggest low-level > formatting the drive, then verify the boot order is CD first. > > -Derek > > > At 04:22 PM 5/26/2006, Jason Curole wrote: > >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 I did not think it was possible to low level format a modern HD. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous