From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 15:57:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4722E16A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:57:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from skippyii.compar.com (ns1.compar.com [216.208.38.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDFE43D49 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:57:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from hermes (CPE00062566c7bb-CM000039c69a66.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.28.254.189]) by skippyii.compar.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5UG8Z5L030024 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:08:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Message-ID: <001001c57d8c$734fcbf0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matt Emmerton" To: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:57:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: Problems with 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:57:19 -0000 I've been trying to get 5.x installed on a machine in order to evaluate upgrading from 4.x, but am running into a host of troubles. First, I tried to install 5.2. Booting from CD, BTX would halt with a register dump. Next, I tried to install 5.3. Booting from CD, I'd eventually reach the Beastie menu, but the screen scrolling was all messed up (I could see fragments of my POST output, BTX loader and Beastie menu.) At this point, the timer was stuck at 10, keyboard input had no effect and the system appeared to be frozen. Next, I tried to install 5.4. Booting from CD, I'd read the Beastie menu (this time with properly-behaving console). But again, the timer was stuck at 10, keyboard input had no effect and the system appeared to be frozen. Next, I installed 4.10 (which installs fine) and tried to cvsup to -stable, but had problems with buildworld. Can anyone help me get 5.x (-stable) installed on this machine? The machine is a clunker - P2-266 with 48MB RAM and a couple of 2GB ATA drives. Thanks, -- Matt Emmerton