Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:52:41 -0800 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fresh install - compaq laptop locks up on boot after timecounter TSC Message-ID: <459FC5C9.8050808@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90701060741w14ffa934v2b1160be6094ed9d@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90701060741w14ffa934v2b1160be6094ed9d@mail.gmail.com>
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Steve Franks wrote: > This is why no one ever got fired for buying an IBM as the old adage goes. > My ancient Dell laptop had absolutely no install issues, so I bought a > fresh > disk for my shiny new compaq: > > Behavior is identical off of 6.1-current cd or install to ad0 that was > completed from cd safemode boot. She runs fine in safemode from acd0 or > ad0. Regular startup - see vga0 go by sucessfully, then > > timcounter TSC... > ....ticks at 1 milliseconds.... > > then locks up tight. I tried disabling the line after vga0 in > boot/device.hints, but those of you who know what that is know, I'm sure, > that that turns my system into a peperweight. > > I also tried boot with acpi disabled, but that seems to lock up identically > on tsc. > > Wish I had more info, but that's all I can glean without more help. Had to > put the origonal harddisk with winXP back in. No one wants that ;) Save > me! > > Steve Sounds similar to the problem my Compaq has/had. I found that the following advice, posted to questions@ some time ago, worked for me: > Interrupt the kernel loading process, then: > > set hint.sio.0.disabled=1 > set hint.sio.1.disabled=1 > set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 HTH, Micah
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