From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 30 16:21:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5145816A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:21:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane.co.uk [82.152.23.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737B043D1F for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:21:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5UGL6dl071959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:21:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from localhost (jhary@localhost) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i5UGL6Z0071956; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:21:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:21:06 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman To: xpi In-Reply-To: <20040630143618.B83C833CFA2@mail.aeria.net> Message-ID: <20040630171727.X68069@unsane.co.uk> References: <20040630143618.B83C833CFA2@mail.aeria.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2.1-rel install CD hangs Tecra 9100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:21:52 -0000 On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, xpi wrote: > -or- > Idiot user can't find the any key. > > > I have a Toshiba Tecra 9100 laptop 1700mhz/256m, I'd like 5.2.1-rel on it. Think I'm falling off the directions about disabling laptop pcibios ..but I'm out of FAQ's > > Boot(8) sucessfully loads a kernel and displays the boot menu, and no matter how I tell the kernel to boot ( no APCI ) we hang after this... Sorry no serial cable dmesg =) Tell me if we need to type _the whole thing_. > > > agp0: mem 0xe00000000-0xefffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 > > and then nothing, no disk access, no kbd interaction only zuul. > > The faq has a note about disabling pcibios by getting '-c' to the kernel via the boot> prompt. I can't seem to get at that prompt in any way. The suggested technique is to hit the any key at the boottrap spinner cursor; but those keystrokes are buffered until the loader's menu comes up. (Idiot user can't find the any key, tee hee) Issuing boot -c to the loader prompt gets me to the same nowhere. > > Help. I'm ignorant of the magick of boot(8) and it's gang. I don't belive that this machine has a text bios meny to tweak hw compatibility settings. erk your mailer doesnt wrap at a sensible length (hint hint) to get to the bios on all the tosiba tecra laptops i've come across, (8000,8100,8200) you hold the esc key as soon as you turn it on, wait for it to say there is an error, then press F1 to check the bios settings. havent played with the 9000 series much though, so not sure what, if any, useful options the bios will have. Vince > Hmm.. I should give darwin a shot that this HW . > _______________________________________________ > 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" >