From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 08:05:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06BD537B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:05:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63C0443FCB for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:05:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: "Noor Dawod" , "FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List" Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:05:30 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306050805.30126.wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: Boot problem on a P4P800-based computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 15:05:36 -0000 On Thursday 05 June 2003 03:40 am, Noor Dawod wrote: > Hello all, > > I tried sending this message to freebsd-config and freebsd-install, > after subscribing to them, but no one answered back... so I am posting > my question here. Neither of those mailing lists has anything to do with what you're asking. This is the right place to ask about problems with the -STABLE branch code. > I just downloaded ISO images for 4.8-RELEASE, and prepared them for > installation on an brand new ASUS P4P800-based computer. > More information about this motherboard and integrated peripherals > list, can be found here: > > http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/overview.htm > > I am having a problem booting up the CD-ROM on this computer. After the > kernel boots up, and then skipping the hardware configuration mode, the > kernel boots until it reaches the PLIP secion, where it just waits > there for good. The computer doesn't hang as I can press CAPS-LOCK and > see it switch lights, but it just sits there without doing anything. > There's also no disk activitity that I can see. > > [...] > > Anyone has the slightest idea how to debug or solve this problem? 1) Make sure the "PnP OS" setting in your BIOS is OFF. 2) Disable ACPI. 3) Try 5.1-RC1? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com