Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:45:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke <luked@pobox.com> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.60.0410111642110.4985@norge.freeshell.org> In-Reply-To: <1042.192.168.0.188.1097537287.squirrel@192.168.0.188> References: <1050.192.168.0.188.1097518259.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <1043.192.168.0.188.1097535096.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <1042.192.168.0.188.1097537287.squirrel@192.168.0.188>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> > To: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> > Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) > > Scott Long said: > >> Mike Jakubik wrote: > >>> The checksum is OK. I have burned another CD at a slower speed and using >>> different software, the problem persists. >>> >> I wonder if there is data corruption coming from the pst driver. Can >> you try booting 'safe mode' when you install? Also, how much RAM do you >> have? > > I have booted the install in safe mode, and completed another install. > Same problem. The machine has 1GB of RAM. I will try downloading a 4.10 CD > and installing that. Another thing i noticed which may or may not be > related is this error message (the machine is a single cpu athlon): > > mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: <ASCII smiley face> > > Thanks. I had that exact same error and behavior with 5.2.1 back in March. I had to disable SMP and APIC in the kernel in order to boot the machine. The "boot without APIC" on the startup menu worked until I was able to build a custom kernel. Something in the SMP code just could not get along with the motherboard on that machine. Considering the age, condition, and technological oddness of the motherboard, I can't really blame the code for my problem however.
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