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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 06 Mar 2004 19:18:16 -0500
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Subject: Re: 5.2.1 hanging on boot
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Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com> writes:

> On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 16:01, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I just installed 5.2.1 and upon boot, it hangs at:
> > > 
> > > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2153331273 Hz quality 800
> > > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> > > 
> > > It also did this when trying to boot via the 5.2.1 install CD, which was
> > > circumvented by booting via floppy... 
> > > 
> > > It does not do this with 4.9. 
> > > 
> > > any ideas?
> > 
> > You're booting without ACPI?
> 
> If that is something you have to do manually, then no.  I'm just booting
> normally.  How would I turn off ACPI?

Please read the errata and release notes before starting the install.
I promise you'll have a much easier time.