Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 16:57:28 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad a30p with 5.1-BETA2 problems Message-ID: <200305221657.28784.jesse@wingnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3ECD37A0.70103@ucsd.edu> References: <baja4u$ng$1@main.gmane.org> <3ECD37A0.70103@ucsd.edu>
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On Thursday 22 May 2003 16:48, you wrote: > See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D46619 which deals with= a > Thinkpad T23. > > He has to set these in the boot loader for 5.0: > > hw.eisa_slots=3D0 > unset acpi_load > > Maybe the same settings will help with the A30p. Nope. It's not just a hang in my case. I get the DB prompt. It says it had a page fault. I finally figured out how to read the boot text from a remote computer using the serial port. I had to load conserver from the ports collection. However, when I load conserver and boot the install cdrom with: boot -D or boot -Dh The kernel doesn't crash. However, on installation, it crashed again! Serious problems here. > > Eric > > Jesse D. Guardiani wrote: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.1-BETA2 on my IBM Thinkpad A30p, > > but I'm having the following problems: > > > > 1.) If I just insert the install CD and reboot, the kernel hangs > > right after it detects firewire on my system. > > > > 2.) If I stop the boot process by pressing a key at the kernel > > boot prompt, then enter: > > > > boot -Dh > > > > to boot from a serial console, the kernel boots fine. However, > > I've only gotten the serial console to output properly ONCE on > > a remote machine, and I think that was a fluke. > > > > I'm using the following command to grab the serial console from > > the remote machine: > > > > cu -l /dev/cuaa0 -s 9600 > > > > Again, this worked once, but when I rebooted it outputed garbage > > again. Is there a better program that I can use for serial consol= e > > communications? I didn't find the handbook to be much help in thi= s > > area. I'd prefer to not use a TTY since I don't plan to do this > > very often. > > > > Anybody have any tips or ideas? --=20 Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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