Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 11:52:34 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: Jason Curole <jcurole@usc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210? Message-ID: <44782162.4010508@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> References: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu>
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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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Try booting with ACPI. ACPI is not only power management; it's also a method to talk to hardware. On a Poweredge 1850 I've had problems with the second CPU being not detected with an SMP kernel, and it turned out that I had to boot with ACPI enabled. Jorn
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