Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:11:40 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@noc.ntua.gr> To: noackjr@compgeek.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System still hangs with "ata1-master: TIMEOUT - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE" Message-ID: <401E144C.3000706@noc.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <40196D90.5020604@compgeek.com> References: <20040125111743.GA564@bsd> <401672F7.8080404@noc.ntua.gr> <4018F64A.2090906@noc.ntua.gr> <40196D90.5020604@compgeek.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jon Noack wrote: > On 1/29/2004 6:02 AM, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: >> I found out that booting with "Safe mode" (I knew there should be some >> use for it :-)) allows me to complete the process and get to >> sysinstall, in both 5.2-RELEASE & the -current snapshot from 24/1. But >> I tried to do the same from the loader prompt, to no avail. I used the >> following and then "boot" or "boot -v" but every attempt resulted in >> the traditional freeze. >> >> unset acpi_load >> set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 >> set loader.acpi_disabled_by_user=1 >> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 >> set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 >> set hw.ata.wc=0 >> set hw.eisa_slots=0 >> >> From what I can tell from the beastie.4th file, that is all that >> should be needed. Am I missing something? > > > You missed disabling apic: > set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 Bingo! But I still can't see how it is being set via the loader's "Safe mode" option. Granted, my forth skills are lacking, but an inquiring mind needs to know :-) Thanks, -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?401E144C.3000706>