Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:05:30 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Noor Dawod" <noor@comrax.com>, "FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot problem on a P4P800-based computer Message-ID: <200306050805.30126.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <DDECKKNNPBBCDLPMFBHLKEIODCAA.noor@comrax.com> References: <DDECKKNNPBBCDLPMFBHLKEIODCAA.noor@comrax.com>
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On Thursday 05 June 2003 03:40 am, Noor Dawod wrote: > Hello all, > > I tried sending this message to freebsd-config and freebsd-install, > after subscribing to them, but no one answered back... so I am posting > my question here. Neither of those mailing lists has anything to do with what you're asking. This is the right place to ask about problems with the -STABLE branch code. > I just downloaded ISO images for 4.8-RELEASE, and prepared them for > installation on an brand new ASUS P4P800-based computer. > More information about this motherboard and integrated peripherals > list, can be found here: > > http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/overview.htm > > I am having a problem booting up the CD-ROM on this computer. After the > kernel boots up, and then skipping the hardware configuration mode, the > kernel boots until it reaches the PLIP secion, where it just waits > there for good. The computer doesn't hang as I can press CAPS-LOCK and > see it switch lights, but it just sits there without doing anything. > There's also no disk activitity that I can see. > > [...] > > Anyone has the slightest idea how to debug or solve this problem? 1) Make sure the "PnP OS" setting in your BIOS is OFF. 2) Disable ACPI. 3) Try 5.1-RC1? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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