Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:48:13 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fresh install - compaq laptop locks up on boot after timecounter TSC Message-ID: <539c60b90701060848h3781bacfse8c73e0c985f0577@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90701060835t76c34b71k3ea78d6a938ebe65@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90701060741w14ffa934v2b1160be6094ed9d@mail.gmail.com> <459FC5C9.8050808@ywave.com> <539c60b90701060835t76c34b71k3ea78d6a938ebe65@mail.gmail.com>
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Correction: that may have been the issue: I removed the fdc & fd, and realized I had disabled sio0, not sio.0....so for the future, it's that or the floppy. I don't intend to re-enable the floppy, as I don't have one anyway, so thanks for the leg-up! Steve On 1/6/07, Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org> wrote: > > Thanks for that. Unfortunately, no change, but I'm going to start combing > device.hints for any devices my laptop doesn't have, and turn them all > off, maybe I'll get lucky. > > Looks like I can install amd64 on it, but I don't think the > currently-running i386 6.1 release is the problem, you'd think if the > processor type was the issue it wouldn't run at all. > > Steve > > On 1/6/07, Micah < micahjon@ywave.com> wrote: > > > > Steve Franks wrote: > > > This is why no one ever got fired for buying an IBM as the old adage > > goes. > > > My ancient Dell laptop had absolutely no install issues, so I bought a > > > fresh > > > disk for my shiny new compaq: > > > > > > Behavior is identical off of 6.1-current cd or install to ad0 that was > > > completed from cd safemode boot. She runs fine in safemode from acd0 > > or > > > ad0. Regular startup - see vga0 go by sucessfully, then > > > > > > timcounter TSC... > > > ....ticks at 1 milliseconds.... > > > > > > then locks up tight. I tried disabling the line after vga0 in > > > boot/device.hints, but those of you who know what that is know, I'm > > sure, > > > that that turns my system into a peperweight. > > > > > > I also tried boot with acpi disabled, but that seems to lock up > > identically > > > on tsc. > > > > > > Wish I had more info, but that's all I can glean without more > > help. Had to > > > put the origonal harddisk with winXP back in. No one wants that > > ;) Save > > > me! > > > > > > Steve > > > > Sounds similar to the problem my Compaq has/had. I found that the > > following advice, posted to questions@ some time ago, worked for me: > > > > > Interrupt the kernel loading process, then: > > > > > > set hint.sio.0.disabled=1 > > > set hint.sio.1.disabled=1 > > > set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 > > > > HTH, > > Micah > > > > > > -- > Steve Franks, KE7BTE > Staff Engineer > La Palma Devices, LLC > http://www.lapalmadevices.com > (520) 312-0089 -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089
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