From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 12:58:55 2005 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 EE42616A41F for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:58:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmartin37@speakeasy.net) Received: from mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0DA43D1F for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:58:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmartin37@speakeasy.net) Received: (qmail 15960 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2005 12:58:55 -0000 Received: from adsl-211-141-250.asm.bellsouth.net (HELO [192.168.2.101]) (moonlightcheese@[68.211.141.250]) (envelope-sender ) by mail28.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Jun 2005 12:58:55 -0000 Message-ID: <42C3EC8C.8080703@speakeasy.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:58:52 -0400 From: JM User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.3 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ola Ericsson References: <42C1C242.8010702@comhem.se> In-Reply-To: <42C1C242.8010702@comhem.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Aspire 1300 [slim-line cd-rom issue?] 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: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:58:56 -0000 Ola Ericsson wrote: > Hi > I've been trying to install the latest version (5.4) of FreeBsd on my > laptop an Acer Aspire 1300. > It seams impossible, it hangs during istallation. I've tried to get > some info on the Web but there is no help. So please can you help me. > I'm realy feed up with microsoft Xp and looking for a new OS. > I tried the livecd from Freesbie and liked it thats why I'm trying to > install FreeBsd. > > Ola ok... i had a problem similar to this. the problem wasn't actually with a laptop but it was a piece of hardware very similar to one. when i installed freebsd on my EPIA system FreeBSD hated it. the system was basically built like a laptop with a slimline cd-rom and a 2.5" hard drive. FreeBSD would not recognize UDMA on the cd-rom and would constantly timeout (or hang) the installation when installing from cd. i basically had to boot from the cd and get to the installation and then install from FTP. i highly recommend installing a minimal installation from FTP to get you started and then get the ports collection from CVS at a convenient time. try it and see if this works for you. by the way... i haven't fixed this issue with my cd-rom yet... if anyone would like to help that would be great. here's a cut from dmesg: atapci0: port 0xd000-0xd00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 17.1 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 .... ata0-master: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device ad0: 19077MB [38760/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: CDROM at ata0-slave UDMA33 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a and here's atacontrol info: atacontrol info ata0 Master: ad0 ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: acd0 ATA/ATAPI revision 0 not sure about the make of the cdrom... can't recall. if it's important i can look it up later.