Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:43:02 +0100 From: Kent Palmkvist <kentp@isy.liu.se> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with a Acer Aspire Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050211150014.02fdc380@mail.isy.liu.se>
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Hello all, Here is a fix how to get the Acer Aspire 1522 WLMi to boot amd64 FreeBSD (tested with 5.3 and 6-current-snap from February 2005). Problem: The boot process hangs after loading the kernel, but before getting any output from the kernel boot. In 5.3 this means that I get the daemon figure with the 7 choices, and independent of which of the choices I make, the loader indicator will make a couple of turns and then stop. This has been tested with all the different versions of the amd64 FreeBSD that I have been able to find (5.3-RELEASE, 5.3-SNAP, 6-Current-SNAP etc.) dating from December 2004 to February 2005. Also tested the one by Kelly Black that solved a problem with the Compaq Presario R3000z (http://blackk.union.edu/~black/freebsd/) but with same disapointing results. Solution: Disable the Legacy USB Support in the bios setup (at least available in v1.09 of the BIOS). It boots correctly into the installer for 6-current-snap from February 2005 (do not need to select any special boot options). For 5.3-RELEASE, it needs the ACPI to be disabled, otherwise it will get a panic on "vm_fault: fault on nofault entry" after cardbus detection. If ACPI is disabled, 5.3-RELEASE will boot nicely into the installer. good luck! /Kent
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