From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 11:40:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B9816A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:40:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp10.wxs.nl (smtp10.wxs.nl [195.121.6.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA8243D1D for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:40:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp10.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HST00NEJYGH51@smtp10.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:38:41 +0100 (MET) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i19IesSn014175; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:40:54 +0100 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i19IestC014174; Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:40:54 +0100 Content-return: prohibited Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:40:54 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <004e01c3ef1e$1ccdc2d0$fe00a8c0@wskatinka> To: Kathy Quinlan Message-id: <20040209184054.GB2846@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <004e01c3ef1e$1ccdc2d0$fe00a8c0@wskatinka> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re: 5.2 install hangs after menu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:40:21 -0000 On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:05:09PM +0800, Kathy Quinlan wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD5.2 on an Athlon XP 2100+ machine with > 512Mb ram and 20gb hdd (5gb partition for FreeBSD)MSI 745 Ultra > motherboard. > > If I select any option on the menu, it tries to install and then hangs > saying BTX halted. Even if I use option 3 (safe mode) > > If I select option 5 (verbose debug) it gives the following error > message: > ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory. > > Any help is appreciated, as google has turned up nothing :( > > Regards, > > Kat. Dear Kat, I have recently install FreeBSD 5.2 (Release version) and ACPI is working just resonable good for me. Could it be that your system doesn't support it? -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/