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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: FREEBSD I386 BOOT HANG
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CATHERINE LORENZ wrote:
> I HAVE A TOSHIBA LAPTOP I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO LOAD THE CD VERSION
> 5.2.1 FREEBSD ONTO MY LAPTOP WITH NO LUCK.  IT FREEZES AFTER THE IT BOOTS,
> I DID DISABLE THE ACPI BUT IT STILL FROZE.  IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS
> PROBLEM?

5.2.1 is so old that it is no longer supported:
please try either FreeBSD 6.1 or 5.5 instead...

(You also have a stuck CAPSLOCK key.)

-- 
-Chuck