From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 07:59:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682CE16A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:59:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A0343D1D for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:59:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) ESMTP id i8O7xfo0004555; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:59:41 -0700 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (c-24-18-235-11.client.comcast.net [24.18.235.11]) (authenticated bits=0)i8O7xfEk009604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:59:41 -0700 From: David Syphers To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:59:47 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200409211736.i8LHajfK000463@mist.nodomain> <4150757E.60504@root.org> <200409211206.03632.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200409211206.03632.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409240059.47087.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> cc: Nate Lawson Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1 bootstrap failures X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:59:42 -0000 On Tuesday 21 September 2004 12:06 pm, David Syphers wrote: > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 11:39 am, Nate Lawson wrote: > > The "safe mode" from the daemon loader disables both acpi and apic so > > that's one easy way to do this. > > This is the same problem I reported yesterday (with the more generic > subject of "can't install 5.3-BETA5"). Booting in "safe mode" worked fine, > and got me to the installation screen. The list has been quiet about this, so I assume it's a rare problem. But I've got a couple questions about it. First, does anyone have any idea what's actually wrong? My computer is running -CURRENT from August 3 fine. (I don't have APIC in that kernel.) Anything having to do with ACPI is default. My computer is some generic HP, not quite three years old. More info available if it would help. If the problem is known, will it be fixed in BETA6? RC1? I can get to the installation screen by booting in "safe mode." Is it okay to install from there? In the kernel config file, it seems APIC is associated with SMP. I'm running UP, so why would this have any affect on my system? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm getting fed up with not being able to install 5.3. I tried to install the first three betas on another computer, and they all failed because of an ATA problem (which was later fixed), so I gave up and installed a -CURRENT SNAP. Now this computer, which has happily run -CURRENT for 2 years, can't install BETA5... That said, thanks for the help :) -David -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++