From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 03:40:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2A316A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:40:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (ol.freeshell.org [192.94.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3071643D2F for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:40:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lukas@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:lukas@mx.freeshell.org [192.94.73.21]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9C3e2vD024364; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:40:02 GMT Received: (from lukas@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id i9C3e2dM025761; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke X-X-Sender: lukas@mx.freeshell.org To: Mike Jakubik In-Reply-To: <1041.192.168.0.188.1097550652.squirrel@192.168.0.188> Message-ID: 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> <1041.192.168.0.188.1097550652.squirrel@192.168.0.188> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: LukeD@pobox.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:40:06 -0000 On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:10:52 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mike Jakubik > 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: >>> >>> 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.