Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:28:29 +0100 From: Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@inode.at> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slow boot/install on AMD Athlon? Message-ID: <3A9EA2DD.FB142D3A@inode.at> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21L.0103011043250.2641-100000@unix8.andrew.cmu.edu>
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Chris Lin schrieb: > To answer my own question, I found that when I hit the control key, things > sped back up to normal speed...weird...and I found this by > accident. Anyone know why? > > Chris > > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Chris Lin wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.2 from CD-ROM on an AMD Athlon via > > it's DVD-ROM drive. It's been taking a VERY long time(like half an > > hour) just to boot up the kernel to go into the installation menu. > > I tried using the floppies and they get some kind of read > > error? But I use the same floppies on an intel machine and it boots right > > up. > > Any clues? I had an similar problem. (Athlon TB on Asus K7M). The system was very slow (like on an 386). I made a BIOS-upgrade, and the new BIOS has some additional features in the PowerMangement. The values of this features were set to an inital value of "reserved", and not to a correct value. It seems that the FreeBSD-kernel could not initalize or handle these BIOS settings. Other OS like Linux, Win2K and Win98 worked correctly. After I setted this options to a correct value, the system worked also with FreeBSD 4.2. mfg, -- -------------------------------------- E-mail: Michael.Bretterklieber@jawa.at ---------------------------- JAWA MANAGEMENT und SOFTWARE Liebenauer Hauptstr. 200 A-8041 GRAZ Tel: ++43-(0)316-403274-12 Fax: ++43-(0)316-403274-10 GSM: ++43-(0)676-93 96 698 homepage: http://www.jawa.at --------- privat ----------- E-mail: mbretter@inode.at homepage: http://www.inode.at/mbretter -------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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