From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 14:25:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCEC1065671 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:25:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kkutzko@teksavvy.com) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F32F8FC16 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:25:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kkutzko@teksavvy.com) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.30,373,1212379200"; d="scan'208";a="24417596" Received: from not.enough.unixsluts.com (HELO kevin) ([76.10.166.187]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 16 Jul 2008 10:25:41 -0400 From: "Kevin K" To: References: <200807161353.m6GDrDFB058142@lurza.secnetix.de> <004a01c8e74c$cd95daa0$68c18fe0$@com> In-Reply-To: <004a01c8e74c$cd95daa0$68c18fe0$@com> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:25:25 -0400 Message-ID: <004b01c8e74f$c9d1c660$5d755320$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcjnS1oVnjLYbpzhTPiuVQMItHo+SgAAU3XQAACxCXA= Content-Language: en-us Cc: Subject: RE: HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:25:42 -0000 > > Please try one of the more recent 7-stable snapshots > > from June or July. They're located on the FTP sites > > in /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots. > > > > Best regards > > Oliver > > This was actually just recommended to me by Gavin Atkinson earlier > today. I > am downloading 7.0-STABLE-200806-amd64-disc1.iso right now and will try > that > today. Okay I just tried the above snapshot and there are still problems -- I'm not getting the BTX error message nor the infinite scrolling hex dump, but it sits at loading /boot/default/loader.conf for about 5-10 seconds then does a straight reboot without any discernable error message. After doing some more digging, I found one suggestion from someone who experienced a similar problem with an HP Pavilion ze2000 w/ amd64 turion processor : "Installation hangs at boot until you disable the apic and serial ports as follows in the boot loader command line: set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 set hint.sio.0.disabled=1 set hint.sio.1.disabled=1" I'm going to try this and see if that helps. I don't really need the serial ports on this laptop anyways, so maybe it will work. If anyone has any other suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Kevin K.