Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 18:30:42 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210? Message-ID: <20060526182732.BFDE.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060526170614.026b7318@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <7EED6C54-21B4-4BD4-843C-C2F09527D62A@usc.edu> <6.0.0.22.2.20060526170614.026b7318@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona wrote:
> If you have nothing of value on the hard drive, I would suggest low-level
> formatting the drive, then verify the boot order is CD first.
>
> -Derek
>
>
> At 04:22 PM 5/26/2006, Jason Curole wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently use Mac OS X and am
> >reasonably comfortable with the unix side. I am trying to install
> >FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210 machine (scrounged it up recently and
> >it has a huge hard drive, otherwise I don't know much about it). I
> >have tried installation with FreeBSD Release 6.0 and 6.1 (both the
> >full cd and boot-only cd for 6.0; just the boot-only cd for 6.1).
> >The machine boots and I get to the screen where I can select my boot
> >option. I select 5, (boot with detailed messaging) and the machine
> >goes through some SMAP messages, a couple of Copyrights and a Free- BSD
> >claimer with an email address. It pauses here for a good
> >10-15min. Then I get messages regarding preloading of "elf kernel",
> >"mfs_root" and "elf module", followed by tables 'FACP' and 'APIC',
> >"MADT: Found table at ...", "APIC: Using the MADT enumerator", then:
> >
> >MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 0 ACPI ID 1: enabled
> >MADT: Found CPU APIC ID 1 ACPI ID 2: disabled
> >
> >It has remained at this point for at least a half-hour (through
> >lunch, etc.), no lights flashing and does not respond to the enter
> >key. Is this normal? I should mention that between the attempt at
> >installing 6.0 (about 4 weeks ago) and 6.1 I had installed OpenBSD
> >and it appeared to install and work fine, so I think the machine is
> >okay.
> >
> >Jason
I did not think it was possible to low level format a modern HD.
--
Gerard Seibert
gerard@seibercom.net
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
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