Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:37:36 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: David Peall <david@esn.org.za> Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD amd64 (intel DP45GS) Message-ID: <200908042337.46134.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F0D@exchange.ct.esn.org.za> References: <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F0D@exchange.ct.esn.org.za>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, David Peall wrote: > I found the following: > http://blog.elitecoderz.net/freebsd-freezes-on-trying-to-mount-root-f >rom-ufsdevmd0-and-is-stucked/2009/01/ > > Which suggests disabling USB2 I don't seem to have that bios option > and tried disabling USB completely, but still no joy. (also leaves me > without a keyboard ;-) > > There are no PATA ports for me to mount an older cdrom and there are > only USB ports on the motherboard. I'm a bit stuck as to how I > should proceed, any ideas welcome. I did not have any trouble installing on an Intel DQ45CB, however I did have a few video driver issues until I upgraded the BIOS. Do you have the latest BIOS installed? When you say it's stuck does pressing scrolllock and paging back work? -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBKeECy5ZPcIHs/zowRAlFmAJ4hf5PzlIKGyOvMswUMZ45V455bvgCfXxHJ HfF0AJWQaT50Ib8C+wRMdkw= =RXxN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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