Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:30:00 +0000 From: Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> To: Jean-Baptiste Potonnier <jean-baptiste.potonnier@atosorigin.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 and Shuttle AMD64 Message-ID: <43BD5798.6030309@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <43BD5689.5030905@atosorigin.com> References: <43BD2FD4.50808@atosorigin.com> <43BD41F3.7050209@ntlworld.com> <43BD46BB.9080406@atosorigin.com> <43BD4B3A.7010702@ntlworld.com> <43BD5689.5030905@atosorigin.com>
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Jean-Baptiste Potonnier wrote: > Crispy Beef wrote: > >>>> Just booted my AMD64 system with the install CD from the link above >>>> and got into sysinstall no problem, booted the kernel (with ACPI) >>>> and could see all hardware being detected nicely. >>>> >>>> I remember when I first had the system that I had to flash the BIOS >>>> as the USB 2.0 stuff was causing issues with both Windows and Linux, >>>> maybe it's worth updating the BIOS, outside of that I don't really >>>> know what to suggest and will have to leave it for somebody with >>>> more FreeBSD experience to answer. >>> >>> >> >> Have you tried it with ACPI enabled? I think it's option 2 on the >> menu. You'll be needing that enabled for the system anyway. >> > Do you talk about the BIOS menu? because I have no menu in the installer > (if fact I think I'm not in the installer but in a mini-shell for > loading a kernel) > When the install CD boots, you normally get presented with a menu (same on an installed FreeBSD system) which allows you to choose to boot the system with; 1) ACPI Disabled 2) ACPI Enabled...a safe mode etc. etc. If you are not getting to that then it sound like you might be at the loader console.home | help
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