From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 27 09:52:59 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 7BE1916B530 for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 09:52:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from mail.wcborstel.com (wcborstel.demon.nl [83.160.142.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BC9343D6D for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 09:52:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (mail [192.168.1.151]) by mail.wcborstel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A19F1284C7A; Sat, 27 May 2006 11:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.wcborstel.com ([192.168.1.151]) by localhost (mail.wcborstel.com [192.168.1.151]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03161-08; Sat, 27 May 2006 11:52:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (unknown [192.168.1.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.wcborstel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E038284C1C; Sat, 27 May 2006 11:52:41 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44782162.4010508@wcborstel.nl> Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 11:52:34 +0200 From: Jorn Argelo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Curole References: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wcborstel.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:53:04 -0000 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