Date: 14 Mar 2004 15:56:05 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Lucas Holt <lucas.holt@wmich.edu> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 locks up during installation CD boot Message-ID: <447jxnw3kq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <71AF92A4-74A2-11D8-A58E-000A95EFF4CA@wmich.edu> References: <71AF92A4-74A2-11D8-A58E-000A95EFF4CA@wmich.edu>
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Lucas Holt <lucas.holt@wmich.edu> writes: > I'm having a problem booting FreeBSD 5.2.1 using a 5.2.1 release CD. > The system hangs when mounting the / partition on md0. (memory disk i > think) I never make it to the gui installer. It does work if i use > safe mode. > > System hardware: > Athelon XP 2000+ (266mhz fsb) > PC2100 256mb ram > 40 gig maxtor ata 133 hdd > ASUS nforce2 based motherboard with onboard NIC > Nvidia geforce 2 AGP video 64mb > > Looking on the freebsd website, I noticed that it could be a problem > with ACPI or maybe the IDE controller. Is there a way to disable this > on the installed version? I'm hoping its the ACPI and not the ata133 > ide controller. The ide controller is the nforce2 which the release > notes say it supports. There's a boot menu with ASCII art of the FreeBSD daemon, at which you can select "no ACPI"...
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