From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 05:16:34 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584E816A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:16:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A84A43D31 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:16:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arkay@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2005 05:16:32 -0000 Received: from ip220.28.1411H-CUD12K-01.ish.de (EHLO [192.168.1.100]) (62.143.28.220) by mail.gmx.net (mp017) with SMTP; 28 Feb 2005 06:16:32 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1732206 Message-ID: <4222A92E.6020500@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:16:30 +0100 From: Rainer Koschnick User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Macintosh/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <25805.1109507962@www41.gmx.net> <20050228021220.GB13696@dragon.nuxi.com> <422289DB.5090408@sdodson.com> In-Reply-To: <422289DB.5090408@sdodson.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:16:34 -0000 Scott Dodson wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 01:39:22PM +0100, Rainer Koschnick wrote: >> >> >>> I tried to install release 5.3 from CD without any success. First I had >>> problems with the USB controllers which I then turned off in the >>> BIOS. This >>> would let the boot run up to this point: >>> >> >> >> Can you try the 5.3-STABLE snapshot at >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/Feb_2005/ >> >> And also try the first 5.4 snapshot which should come out in about 2 >> weeks? >> >> >> > I'm getting the same type of problems but on my MSI K8N Platinum, > nForce4 based board. I realize nForce was a no, no. I've tried the > snapshot at that location as well as the 6-current snapshot dated 02-09. > > Another data point. I could give it a try, yes. This is on a VIA K8T800 chipset. I really don't know what could cause this error since the message itself isn't very helpful (no device information or anything). So I will test a current Feb snapshot either today or tomorrow.