From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 10:08:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5846616A417 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdsuresh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EAE13C442 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdsuresh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so7258686rvb.43 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:08:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LYFG68BjrhHOrOg7dub+E8t/elhCofWinqS+I5NjOyU=; b=nf6K+1avFEeXWWebZy9mN4ew4nV/IHSVgBhjsnGSkuIDRxM5xlX+JqlD5sUj1iykBPBGe+nHmJVisIiBTTD5l6YeijUZBo9gwd/KVGaMKgJ4eGtEqvO6Qy+MOUuMyXc4ldBIqpB+1et2AN6GX21eIVky02xV3rdmSqLwJS6bg4w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ku3fw8u7tGwVp1UvnZ8T055gr5D2Yr8mdWw55XvsVRAnj7XGIgjb5lWcskAdA9HD83zbq14i6QT6yotBA4L8N6vkzQxM3S1DRzhw3sNeoC2Lhgj7+X5j/BhXfHuAD2NlTA5gwxjr/lLaVJNnh4Njn/to3+7xa11FEPAEX3cdyVM= Received: by 10.141.20.7 with SMTP id x7mr9884608rvi.82.1199612491175; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:41:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.120? ( [60.50.149.126]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l32sm2423336rvb.2.2008.01.06.01.41.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:41:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4780A224.4090502@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:40:52 +0800 From: Suresh Ramasamy User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Installation issue with Compaq Presario V3420AU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:08:16 -0000 Hello all, I'm currently trying to install FreeBSD into a Compaq Presario V3420AU with the following specs Microprocessor: 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 Memory: 2048 MB (2 x 1024 MB) Video Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Hard Drive 160 GB (5400 rpm) Multimedia Drive Super Multi 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support Display 14.1” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Fax/Modem High speed 56K modem Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN Wireless Connectivity: Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g WLAN Here's the problem 1. Installing with FreeBSD 7.0 RC1 amd64 - Boot up crashes with scrolling screen of the register values (non stop). Happens while the bootloader is running (-/|\). 2. Installing with FreeBSD 6.3 amd64 - Same issue as 1. 3. Installing with FreeBSD 6.3 i386 / 7.0 RC1 i386 - boot up with hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 - Shows error message with BTX Halted - also tried setting hw.ata.ata_dma=0 and/or hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 , same problem Here are the following register values shown on BTX Halted (for FreeBSD 6.3 i386) efl=00010002 eip=00000003 eax=00449130 ecx=004f010f edx=0003fa40 esp=000928b0 Values for FreeBSD 7.0 RC1 i386 efl=00010097 eip=00459160 eax=00459a30 ecx=a0000075 edx=00e2c3f0 Any suggestions?