Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:38:15 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: Nicholas Lozinsky <nick.lozinsky@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x-6.0 Unable To Boot Message-ID: <436BB8A7.1060602@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <76ff51010511041124j4b55bb50l15e9c4e0a128ddf0@mail.gmail.com> References: <76ff51010511041124j4b55bb50l15e9c4e0a128ddf0@mail.gmail.com>
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Not sure if the issue is related, but on the Compaq R3000-series machines, you have to disable the keyboard probing at boot because the machine locks up. Just add a line similar to this into boot.hints: hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ Nicholas Lozinsky wrote: > On a Compaq Presario M2000, using a Sempron 1.6Ghz CPU with 512 RAM, > I am unable to install any copy of FreeBSD from 5.0 up to 6.0 Release. > Somehow, the 4.9, 4.8 and below, are able to install. The init gets > stuck at: > > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0: port may not be enabled > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 8250 or not responding > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port many not be enabled > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1600064074 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > > freezes here..... > > Any suggestions? Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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