From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 12:20:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG 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 B996916A4A7 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:20:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BCF043E11 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:19:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (chobmt@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAECJSU2029155; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:19:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id kAECJSni029154; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:19:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:19:28 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200611141219.kAECJSni029154@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su In-Reply-To: <20061114084341.GA80973@svzserv.kemerovo.su> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:19:34 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Installing 6.2-BETA3 from floppies X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:20:14 -0000 Eugene Grosbein wrote: > Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.x onto old Packard Bell machine, > > it is Pentium-166 with 80Mb RAM and 10Gb HDD ("Orlando" motherboard). > > [...] > > However, timer does not 'tick' and there is always 10 seconds left. > > I choose verbose mode, it starts to show its diagnostic output > > but last line it shows is 'Calibrating clocks...' then it halts: > > keyboard leds do not switch, there is no reaction on 'Ctrl-Alt-ESC'. > > Hmm, I was too quick... The kernel has spent lots of minutes > 'sitting in this pose' but suddenly said that clock calibration > has failed and it will use default frequency. Apparently the RTC on that mainboard is dead. Did you try replacing its battery? It's usually a small lithium button cell, or (on very old boards) a small battery package. If that doesn't help, I guess the RTC chip itself is broken. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton