From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jan 20 17:11:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15519 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:11:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles232.castles.com [208.214.165.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15507 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:11:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04774; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:07:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901210107.RAA04774@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Bill G." cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: laptop install hangs In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:27:02 EST." <4.1.19990120192300.0094fbe0@mail.cybernex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:07:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > At 07:43 PM 1/19/99 -0800, you wrote: > >"Bill G." writes: > > I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a new Umax Actionbook 318T > > Laptop, but it is hanging on the boot disk after it lists the kernel > > version / builder email address... > > > >Do you get any more information if you boot with the "-v" flag? > > with -v, I get the following after kernel builder/dir: > Calibrating clock(s) ... TSC clock: 300700886 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193261 Hz > CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method > > anyone know when the 2.2.8-RELEASE-PAO boot disk will be ready? (I > don't know if it will help, but I'd try anything at this point).. I've seen this before, but only on a really broken old 486 motherboard. It had funky nonstandard realtime clock hardware, and the "time out eventually" loop took a very long time. If you can, leave the machine "stuck" there overnight. It may haul through, which will tell us something useful about your hardware. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message