Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:23:39 +0000 From: "James Mathers" <blindboy@hotmail.com> To: freebsd@nbritton.org Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting Message-ID: <BAY101-F19E9EA5472DABC1D3B528CD6890@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <41E50528.2050906@nbritton.org>
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Thanks very much - this solved my problem. ----Original Message Follows---- From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: James Mathers <blindboy@hotmail.com> CC: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 05:08:24 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from sccimhc92.asp.att.net ([63.240.76.166]) by mc8-f15.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:09:02 -0800 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc92.asp.att.net (sccimhc92) with ESMTP id <20050112110825i9200ispqfe>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:08:25 +0000 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jFMHZJ4leNsWYaS81tTYPoE User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041230) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <BAY101-DAV805EEC01A47E40E19C975D6920@phx.gbl> Return-Path: freebsd@nbritton.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jan 2005 11:09:02.0663 (UTC) FILETIME=[1F920570:01C4F897] James Mathers wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on my Toshiba Tecra 9100, using >the 5.3 boot-only CD, which I burnt from an iso I downloaded. >Unfortunately, it hangs in the Freebsd boot-up sequence after the >bootloader had loaded with the last message being: " uhci3: >[GIANT-LOCKED]". > >I think it's related to the bug reported in this link : >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2004-October/009618.html, >but I'm unable to determine what the best course of action is from >here. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any, if so, how did >you get around it? > > > Disable USB in the BIOS and try it again. You could also try verbose loading, safe mode, and disable ACPI at the boot menu if that doesn't help.
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