From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 04:17:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671F516A418 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB6C13C45A for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:17:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so328348fgg.35 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:17:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=SHGFeJcFHOTtmfOkOaGA6oKIeGvXi3DI8s/k3Egx4KY=; b=T1QiTYdh1jQCbJvd2/+P6yX1pr3rsl3Nx50XILe+xlLIeCd1Byr30t+9XTehgbDim3aida57phj9CB4XZrNCrq8eNK7jzVbjQxtBztbfvZkLWtQCN0jGU0M1CQtXJDOntyhMnhbn/2QirXtiDdr/6CufrfklETB0Ral9NGYnGu8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KDeRQTewQBwqqVpIQ7mflxyesEie6bURb75uZrVB9ASbb0+ZRvD5KEoDMk482Sf+ec4NIeNonmvc9JTTSzA9IEyktfpvgUWLWeRWEwh52q/FZNYTnHW+RnoLLGSMc+bRa6K3tfZsmR5T4n0h/7oh1fSfVO9iIOHaxSOMLmob74A= Received: by 10.86.71.1 with SMTP id t1mr1854250fga.33.1198297045433; Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:17:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.68.13 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:17:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <790a9fff0712212017y4b3d0ac2ja0d4667197c09dbc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:17:25 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" To: eculp In-Reply-To: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD Current or 7.0 on AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz in an Acer 5520-5679 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:17:27 -0000 On 12/21/07, eculp wrote: > We have an almost new Acer 5520-5679 in the office that we intended to > partition and install 8.0-CURRENT-200712-amd64 but much to my > surprise accessing the cdrom it went into an immediate, unreadable > loop of hex numbers that can only be stoped by powering down. I next > tried 7.0BETA-4 standard (no amd64) and I can get to the Welcome menu > but with all options end up with a BTX halted, almost immediately. > > The machine specs are: > AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz 2x512K Lw cache > 2GB DDR2 > 160G HDD > > Short update. I built a release locally with yesterdays sources > 7.0-BETA4 with the same problem. > > Has anyone else seen this with Turion 64x2 or is it an Acer thing. We > should learn that cheap is often expensive. > I have the same problem with my HP DV8135NR laptop when using the boot CDs to install FreeBSD. I was able to get it to install by repeatedly pressing the space bar until the speakers beeped for a couple of seconds (when you see /boot/kernel/kernel you can release the space bar), then it loads and executes the kernel and proceeds to sysinstall. After installing FreeBSD to the Hard Drive, the system boots without any further problems. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=105514 Scot