Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:58:51 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Failure to probe devices Message-ID: <3FF8B6CB.9060502@rogers.com> References: <3FF6E6AB.5000504@rogers.com> <44k748j48o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3FF78EC7.2070007@rogers.com> <44smivyeg6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> writes: > > > >>I am not sure what else there is to post. The machine gets to the >>point where >>it says something like "Probing devices - this may take a while", and then >>nothing else happens. I read the 5.1 errata, and tried switching from APIC >>to PIC, and disabling the on-board sound card, but this made no difference. >> >> > >How about disabling the ACPI support (also described in the errata)? >How about trying 5.2? [or 4.9 if you'd prefer it "just work"] > > > Great. Disabling ACPI enables me to boot, so I can proceed from there. Thanks very much. I am upgrading because I want better support for my USB flash drive, which is buggy under 4.7. I know it works with 5.1 on another machine. I will try 5.2 soon.
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