Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 07:21:09 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Justin <jeelliso@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install Message-ID: <446F09B5.1020807@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <f905c6ec0605191030n24ec0708ubc0c986b3e5c607e@mail.gmail.com> References: <f905c6ec0605191030n24ec0708ubc0c986b3e5c607e@mail.gmail.com>
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Justin wrote: > I'm trying to venture into the world of BSD. Thus, I have just > recently joined the mailing list and this is my first message. I have > tried to research my question and found a similar problem, but I was > unable to find any type of solution. > > Here's What's Happening: > > After I boot my laptop to the installer CD and select what I'd like to > boot (I've tried the default, no acpi, and safe mode with the same > results), the installer seems to lock up the computer after the > following two lines: > > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1600070929 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > > At this point the computer responds to nothing but holding down the > power button, which obviously kills the power. Just in case it was > trying to work something out (after all, the "thinking" light was on), > I let my laptop sit for almost four hours with still no change. Offhand, I'd still suspect ACPI/APM. The next step after "Timecounter" is usually the "ACPI Timecounter" and then "ACPI CPU0". Other than trying: a] another CD of 6.1 (maybe bad burn?) or b] another version of FreeBSD, I wouldn't know what to suggest. > I have used Debian and Fedora on this computer previously with no > problems (and obviously Windows works also). > > Since there are really no other options as far as booting goes, I > really don't know what I've done wrong or what I can do. > Well, there might be a few remaining things to try. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.html http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd-6.0-rc1.php (and Google, where I found those), for more information about APM/ACPI problems. Dan (Freebsddiary) shows himself hitting "any other key for command prompt" during stage 2 boot, then issuing: unset acpi_load boot -v Seems like the "verbose" boot might be worth looking at; perhaps you could get a better idea just exactly what is up with the boot process. > Just is case it helps, here is some information about my system: > Compaq Presario M2105US > AMD Mobile Sempron processor > 1GB RAM4 > ATI Express 200M graphics card w/ shared memory > > Also, I've tried to use the 2CD set and Boot Only CD for the i386. > Hmm, then maybe the "try a different CD" won't work. Sorry I've got no more thoughts ATM. Good luck! Kevin Kinsey -- Calvin Coolidge looks as if he had been weaned on a pickle. -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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