Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:40:02 -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.4.60.0410112023570.11780@mx.freeshell.org> In-Reply-To: <1041.192.168.0.188.1097550652.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> <Pine.NEB.4.60.0410111642110.4985@norge.freeshell.org> <1041.192.168.0.188.1097550652.squirrel@192.168.0.188>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:10:52 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> > To: LukeD@pobox.com > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) > > Luke said: > >> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Mike Jakubik wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> > > This is not the same problem, i do not get to that stage of the boot. The > install CD boots fine. I think you mean ACPI. > You're right. I am confused. It was safe mode that let me boot, not the "no ACPI" option on the boot menu. Like I said, it's been a few months. My problem really was SMP + APIC though. If safe mode is working for you, but normal mode gives you the mptable_probe error, my recommendation is still to compile a custom kernel without SMP and APIC. Since it's a single-processor system, you don't need them anyway. If I understand anything I've read correctly, there won't be an mptable_probe if you don't try to run an SMP kernel.
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