From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 23:33:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6178916A420 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:33:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A8F443D45 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:33:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC951A4E3A; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:33:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E92DB5477E; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:33:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:33:03 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20060227233303.GA88657@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <122-2030100400.20060227151635@fastserve.net> <44038B94.7090409@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44038B94.7090409@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Greg Goodman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 problems 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: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:33:05 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 06:30:28PM -0500, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Greg Goodman wrote: > [ ... ] > > When freebsd6.0 boots it will hang at the part that says > > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > >=20 > > The system is running a Supermicro motherboard with dual 3.2 gig Xeon c= pus > > and 2 gig ram. Also running an Adaptec raid 5 card. > >=20 > > If we boot up in safe mode it boots fine. >=20 > Ah, that was a useful bit of information to mention. Booting in safe mode > disables ACPI and the APIC, which also means that SMP will not be enabled= . You > might try hunting around for an updated BIOS for the motherboard, or try > tweaking the power-management/ACPI section of your BIOS. >=20 > However, if you can boot a working system using safe mode, you can also t= ry to > use cvsup to update the system to 6.1-PRERELEASE, and see whether that wo= rks > better for you. Or you can just download the 6.1-PRERELEASE install media and see if that will boot. Kris --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEA4wvWry0BWjoQKURAlyMAJ92xw6qwCqpAUBalRfV2jmx32fpdgCfTTwn YW7WORD3/kCBtBoRGGjKz2I= =amin -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--