From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 22:56:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46E9B1065676 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:56:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f12.google.com (mail-bw0-f12.google.com [209.85.218.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22688FC13 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:56:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so64823bwz.19 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:56:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+tnpofe6uaD+nHOGQHP/4aev95nHv2JSAOzIPYODcaU=; b=uO12aTeNo2K2+6DLJtkKV9b222e4mSO5OvMZKS9YbTEMugDE+tCdiz22+S8G2NpO/2 ufg7GjUkxb4f+vhXUb/J4smtGr/blXAhxLs8+3tszZmgl7VOKk0q2/iAXIb9yvREhues kDkyken0hQYCO5+goNGpFjJ+R57P0OYQc2Wws= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VqI3RrPKzslR/Fkf+WgJ0etweZwBCAT6tFDIBEOHum8pRLedwzf3tImugKylUUOgGl Ku6ysnlJTZbiowtkdIN9LKF8eazXBkUen4dbrD9U891Ft6cSgXtw08pCnXjIM85dNKil L45+j84OvNZjb+IXO5b4lZvh6JrlzOx2f2DU4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.215.9 with SMTP id s9mr2224939bkq.212.1232405669882; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:54:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:54:29 -0800 Message-ID: From: patrick To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 7.1 on a Dell Inspiron 530s - HELP! 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: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:56:55 -0000 Booting in safe-mode doesn't have the TIMEOUT - READ_BIG messages, but instead I get an interrupt storm detected. The LiveCD didn't work because when I boot with ACPI disabled, no disks are detected which means that I cannot mount the LiveCD. :( On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:19 PM, patrick wrote: > 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 >