From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 22:47:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C35A106566B for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:47:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f12.google.com (mail-bw0-f12.google.com [209.85.218.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A068FC1A for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so54924bwz.19 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:47:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1FQiFI8chJnCvsmCDiAVpRtwXVXdowJUZrGG5nyCK3w=; b=luHypm6uM3Do3cLCA9oJ1P3QQoyqYwz+csgrfj3RX+k/gUaojwp6VhRH8E6Fzah/En vdCCarMQSDKlbKaq8HiHVWSdYWMT1HAAy9EGPdrTU6q1mNaW3P8sEFZJSXByOFW84t4o hl/SyhXCoQVb2WAdVWyUnB0r1/5IAZ7turXBs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=LT9Ac5SWJbH+RDqiptHNLsMCeXsheXOqkI7ge+vuC9NEi9mrhLTAZZ3Z9E43VOv427 tzZUMCz0gkhG4H4Ix87oaCUDh7MheIhDa9vBdQGYV6nRQN/ZUu0Q1f6QoyM+KmXvk0SQ xyDlllJg8UupDP+jXkgzojvDsPWu0+ueZi3pM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.60.13 with SMTP id n13mr2231133bkk.39.1232403582160; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:42 -0800 Message-ID: From: patrick To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Installing FreeBSD 7.1 on a Dell Inspiron 530s - HELP! 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: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:47:04 -0000 Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) and so on. Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system find the disk controller? I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Patrick