From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 19:56:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C271416A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:56:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx2.it.wmich.edu (mx2.it.wmich.edu [141.218.1.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C2B43D1F for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:56:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from l3holt@wmich.edu) Received: from mercury.it.wmich.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2D3ue7p009397 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:56:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp.wmich.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by mercury.it.wmich.edu (NAVGW 2.5.2.9) with SMTP id M2004031222564914742 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:56:49 -0500 Received: from [192.168.2.49] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (l3holt authenticated bits=0)i2D3umxG009409 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:56:48 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <71AF92A4-74A2-11D8-A58E-000A95EFF4CA@wmich.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: Free BSD Questions list From: Lucas Holt Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:56:44 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) Subject: FreeBSD 5.2.1 locks up during installation CD boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 03:56:50 -0000 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. How can i turn it off and/or debug it? I'd like the IDE controller to run at full speed as this will be a mail/dns server. Please reply to me as my regular email address is down which i subscribe with (hence the mail server). use lucas.holt@wmich.edu Thanks. Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'I try to think but nothing happens' -- Homer Jay Simpson