Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:16:43 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems Booting Message-ID: <20071009131643.pkjij6d51c4ooo8s@0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <44f12db00710081008u2827a3f4ib3ec3dfb477f7246@mail.gmail.com> References: <44f12db00710081008u2827a3f4ib3ec3dfb477f7246@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Joseph Yeager <joeyea323@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I have a Tosbhia M65-S9092 laptop that I've been trying to get FreeBSD on. > I've tried 6.2-RELEASE, 5.5-RELEASE, and PC-BSD v1.4 and they all have the > same problem's booting. The installation procedure runs perfectly fine > using the normal boot procedure (option 1). No matter what option I hit > when trying to boot after installation, it seems to completely freeze. If= I > select an option that has ACPI enabled, it will do this after displaying a > message about loading acpi.ko. I say that it seems to completely freeze > because I'm not sure if it is still actually loading something and perhaps > I'm not seeing it. The keyboard is completely non-responsive, however it > will access the hard drive for a quick second twice and it will spin up th= e > CD drive once. After that, nothing happens and I'm forced to do a hard > shutdown. I've tried booting with everything disconnected from the > computer, with a usb keyboard connected, and with another monitor connecte= d, > and the exact same thing happens every time. Most recently I tried changi= ng > the drive geometry during install to what is shown on my hard drive and th= at > did not change anything. What really drives me crazy is the fact that > FreeSBIE runs perfectly fine. I'm really trying to minimize my Windows > usage as I can't stand it and I would prefer to get FreeBSD on here so any > help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Joe Hello Joe, which version of FreesBIE do you use? What does uname -a show? Lars
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