Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:30:11 +0000 From: "illy ." <illy.inspace@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can only boot my laptop in safe mode - FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <bf22573405081910307c7fca43@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200508181252.29179.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <bf2257340508180522788d1bb9@mail.gmail.com> <200508181252.29179.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> > >Hi all ,I posted this in freebsd-questions, but no one seemed to be > > >able to help me, so I was wondering if anyone here could? > > >I'm having major dramas > > >getting FreeBSD working on my Laptop. > > >It is a Compaq Presario M2000. > > >System specs: > > >CPU - Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor - 1600 MHz > > >Motherboard - Quanta 3091 > > >RAM - 256 MB DDR > > >Disk Drive - ST94019A (37 GB, IDE) > > >Optical Drive - HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4244N > > >Video Adapter - ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M (32 MB) > > >Audio Adapter - Conexant AC-Link Audio > >Try hint.apic.0.disabled=3D1 in the loader. >Thanks for the answer John. Yet I have already tried that: > > >I have tried adding a couple of other options to the /boot/loader.conf > > >file. None of which make any difference at all, including: > > >hint.apci.0.disabled=3D"1" >The quotes, are my way of saying what options I've tried (sorry). >Anyway it didn't make any difference. I am now looking at playing with >dma options, I think this is where my problem may well be. I don't know >much about it yet but I will learn. >Thanks again! >illy (Lillian Page) Problem Solved! WOOHOO! I just added: nodevice apic nodevice smp In the kernel, Then it when I rebooted It stopped on sio0. So I just added: hint.sio.0.disabled=3D"1" hint.sio.1.disabled=3D"1" To the loader, problem solved. Thanks again! illy
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