From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 27 18:34:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A804E16A418 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from donaldj@ameritech.net) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5583E13C469 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from donaldj@ameritech.net) Received: (qmail 80868 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2007 18:07:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=ameritech.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=lpP9Jc7nCWAE8TU+FrZzLHF351mQ1+/PSUT/VgS/2ODRC7MBqTg4DVGg7L7M5lJ8EV1pWE/REnYvGwfpQ/FVwn//4hJ3Q8IE5YbjOL1GarNPNrlUVjBSowyM7eu0PU+mIPfSNlhG/o5HisdhPjuh402tC9pn70NYIYLcq95u4MA= ; Received: from unknown (HELO pres1750.airedalians.com) (donaldj@ameritech.net@75.7.74.134 with plain) by smtp111.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jul 2007 18:07:53 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: o6_WCWUVM1kiYCePRH4EeCPeMp6FSF0sxiFG4qx4I9kqhYAdwrL1sFH66Xk5bekXEQIUW9GtrdKdqaqcRJ8GY3B58Ggx From: "Donald J. O'Neill" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:48 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20070727154712.066e7aeb@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070727154712.066e7aeb@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707271307.48505.donaldj@ameritech.net> Cc: Norberto Meijome Subject: Re: I wanna use FreeBSD in my laptop and it stucks booting (i can't even install it) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:34:35 -0000 On Friday 27 July 2007 12:47:12 am Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:26:33 -0500 > > Sergio Andr=E9s Ligregni Arredondo wrote: > > Hi!, listen, I have a COMPAQ Presario V2615LA (laptop) with AMD Sempron > > 1.83Ghz 256 MB RAM 40 GB HDI have also the FreeBSD i386 6.2 CD (I also > > tried with 6.1 and it's the same, or 6.2 alpha and it doesn't works) Wh= en > > I put the CD into my drive, and I boot from it, it appears the FreeBSD > > booting MENU, and I choose 1 (default)(I also tried with single user, > > ACPI disabled, safe mode) and it starts loading the devices, but, almost > > in the end of that (I said almost because I have a desktop and there it > > works OK, and when the following message appears, is almost the finish) > > the loading process stucks in a line that says: > > > > Timecounter ticks every 1.000 msec > > > > And the HD led keeps turned on, but the CD drive led turns off (I mean > > it's not reading anything from CD).OK, be patiently you could say, but,= I > > have waited 2 hours or more and int doesn't seem to progress. THE > > FOLLOWING IS JUST FOR GIVE YOU MORE IDEA THAT MY PROBLEM IS: I had > > installed Ubuntu linux (I am pretty sure FreeBSD is more powerful than > > linux, that's why I didn't keep Ubuntu), I said that because Ubuntu is > > for i386 arquitecture and it is not too compatible as FreeBSD, I think, > > if it runs linux, it sure runs FreeBSD (and my laptop's arquitecture is > > not extraordinary, I think is pretty common)! > > > > I have asked on freebsd-question (they sent me here) and they confirm > > that my arquitecture is i386, so I have the right CD, and which I said,= I > > installed FreeBSD in my desktop but in an external (USB) Hard Drive, wh= en > > I boot from this, it stucks at the same line, so my CD drive is ok, I > > really want to install it in my laptop because I almost always out home > > (university). I really don't know where is the real problem, but I was > > wondering if changing some variables with 6 (go to prompt) and disabling > > some drives or something > > Hi Sergio, > search the archives, i've seen a couple of posts about people's computers > stuck @ 1,000 msec . ( u should let it sit for a while...i vaguely rememb= er > in mine getting unstuck after 5 minutes or not...i solved it, but i cant > remember what it was). > > anyway, have you tried breaking the menu, disabling APIC and then booting? > > my laptops havent been able to boot unless I did that. now i just have > hint.apic.0.disabled=3D"1" > > in /boot/loader.conf.local > > > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Yes, I use a DV9010us. Works fine, once you use the first BIOS instead of t= he=20 upgrades. Don