Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:42 -0800 From: patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installing FreeBSD 7.1 on a Dell Inspiron 530s - HELP! Message-ID: <b043a4850901191419q7e853347of79d43abafa8f079@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) and so on. Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system find the disk controller? I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Patrick
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