Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:08:24 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: James Mathers <blindboy@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting Message-ID: <41E50528.2050906@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY101-DAV805EEC01A47E40E19C975D6920@phx.gbl> References: <BAY101-DAV805EEC01A47E40E19C975D6920@phx.gbl>
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James Mathers wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on my Toshiba Tecra 9100, using the 5.3 boot-only CD, which I burnt from an iso I downloaded. Unfortunately, it hangs in the Freebsd boot-up sequence after the bootloader had loaded with the last message being: " uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]". > >I think it's related to the bug reported in this link : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2004-October/009618.html, but I'm unable to determine what the best course of action is from here. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any, if so, how did you get around it? > > > Disable USB in the BIOS and try it again. You could also try verbose loading, safe mode, and disable ACPI at the boot menu if that doesn't help.
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