Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:45:57 +0100 From: Miguel <luis.henrix@gmail.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <5b2efe7c0908051445w52a638cfm6eebb2ec42db7132@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310908051437l3a24a911le2534ffc964d13b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <5b2efe7c0908051401w62088d7en1af537741bd24f89@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310908051433u6c3fdfadt6ee5af3280a6e89e@mail.gmail.com> <5b2efe7c0908051435g2b1d35a3pf5d4a71af74329d8@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310908051437l3a24a911le2534ffc964d13b8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Glen Barber<glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote= : > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Miguel<luis.henrix@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Glen, >> >>> >>> Can you try booting with ACPI disabled? =A0It should be option 2 from >>> the loader menu. >> >> Yes, I tried that already with same results. >> > > Can you try the installation media on another machine (to rule out a > bad CD or bad burn)? The CD image seems to be fine (both of them): I have installed them on a Li= nux kvm virtual machine and there were no problems -- both are able to do the complete installation and I am able to boot the resulting image. (Sorry, no other "physical" machines available at the moment.) > Also, is it possible to upgrade the BIOS on the problem machine? I would love to upgrade my BIOS but I am unable to do that -- I have not Wi= ndows installed and my vendor requires Windows to be installed in order to perfor= m the upgrade (yes, I know! I will never buy another laptop from them!) I have not tried 8.0-BETA (as someone on the IRC channel suggested) but not= sure if it will make any difference. As far as I understand, the snapshot I tri= ed is more recent than 8.0-BETA2. Or am I wrong? Is it worth downloading one mo= re ISO just to try it? Regards, Miguel
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