Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 00:07:20 +0100 (CET) From: Philippe CASIDY <pcasidy@worldnet.fr> To: pcasidy@worldnet.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!! Install Kernel hangs on laptop Message-ID: <199902202307.AAA00984@greatoak.home> In-Reply-To: <199902192239.XAA01284@greatoak.home>
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On 19 Feb, Philippe CASIDY wrote: > Hello! > > I have a new UNIKA laptop with the following charateristics: > - AMD K6-2 333 > - 32 Mb RAM > - 4Go IDE > - CD 24x IDE > > Beyond of the problem I cannot boot from the CDrom (I think of a bug in > the BIOS because it is suppose to do it) I have this particular strang > problem: > > after inserting an install floppy (FreeBSD 2.2.8), the kernel is > uncompressed and just hangs right after displaying: > jkh@time.cdrom.com:... > Okay, here is the solution... In the BIOS, there is a parameter for power management which is related to the speed of the CPU : - in doze mode (default mode) the kernel hangs - in full speed mode everything is okay (ouf!) Hope it will help some one one of those days... Phil. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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