From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 5 21:45:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C1ED106566C for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:45:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luis.henrix@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7B1A8FC1D for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:45:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so450007ewy.43 for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:45:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gXA3M/pVR3EfxXNxQ2r9agiwsTNCOabXe47iU8Pcfhs=; b=UBYf3Pd91NpOabXFure6gfYnDVKmWXZ17NOaSeqOWu0qXSNv08klanBopeQ9YSDkoN 1J/9mJ534fZQ0S+I6UBL+205oolSTUSN57zqwasenrTDr+NraJDSolLVu/iKsg4BQ1eM WP+agdc44b54Mg4W7yKKSALrdHrta+druI2Gs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wtf2rfRixBmwkgMSyrbp1TALTGhZynd3XSCzNu8wTQ0dmEihVT3MOMiRlLRPqn20eH q/LFS+5o37+GyBSk9hZzr0t6f9YsOTnDQdzm1+ijRJp+sIARrOtUMFYGXvDlL9YEzSED FWCj5LgCW3iSNitq6WL8px0rPYHlqAM4mwGpA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.87.134 with SMTP id y6mr1978492wee.20.1249508757156; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:45:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ad871310908051437l3a24a911le2534ffc964d13b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <5b2efe7c0908051401w62088d7en1af537741bd24f89@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310908051433u6c3fdfadt6ee5af3280a6e89e@mail.gmail.com> <5b2efe7c0908051435g2b1d35a3pf5d4a71af74329d8@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310908051437l3a24a911le2534ffc964d13b8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:45:57 +0100 Message-ID: <5b2efe7c0908051445w52a638cfm6eebb2ec42db7132@mail.gmail.com> From: Miguel To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:45:59 -0000 On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Glen Barber wrote= : > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Miguel wrote: >> Hi Glen, >> >>> >>> Can you try booting with ACPI disabled? =A0It should be option 2 from >>> the loader menu. >> >> Yes, I tried that already with same results. >> > > Can you try the installation media on another machine (to rule out a > bad CD or bad burn)? The CD image seems to be fine (both of them): I have installed them on a Li= nux kvm virtual machine and there were no problems -- both are able to do the complete installation and I am able to boot the resulting image. (Sorry, no other "physical" machines available at the moment.) > Also, is it possible to upgrade the BIOS on the problem machine? I would love to upgrade my BIOS but I am unable to do that -- I have not Wi= ndows installed and my vendor requires Windows to be installed in order to perfor= m the upgrade (yes, I know! I will never buy another laptop from them!) I have not tried 8.0-BETA (as someone on the IRC channel suggested) but not= sure if it will make any difference. As far as I understand, the snapshot I tri= ed is more recent than 8.0-BETA2. Or am I wrong? Is it worth downloading one mo= re ISO just to try it? Regards, Miguel