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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:18:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      "J. Nyhuis" <cabal@u.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Q: FreeBSD 6.0 install issue (probably hardware)...
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602151654560.16514@homer21.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602151532070.16514@homer21.u.washington.edu>
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 	I managed to get the screen to pause and discerned an error 
message:
ACPI disabled by blacklist
MADT: ACPI Startup failed with AE_ERROR
panic: Using MADT but ACPI doesn't work

Old archived messages offer a solution that requires altering the 
loader.conf file, but I don't want to maintain a system that requires a 
different set of install disks then all the others.  Hence, I'll likely be 
replacing the system.

 	Thanks,

John H. Nyhuis
Sr. Computer Specialist
Dept. of Pediatrics
HS RR349B, Box 356320
University of Washington
Desk: (206)-685-3884
cabal@u.washington.edu

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, J. Nyhuis wrote:

> 	Greetings,
>
> 	I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD.  The boot loader runs 
> just fine to the point of the boot menu.  After this point, no matter which 
> option I select (boot normally, Safe Mode, single User, etc.), my screen 
> endlessly cycles a dump of what looks like hexidecimal memory addresses. 
> This issue is repeatable via install floppies and even my old FreeBSD 5.4 
> CDs.  I let this cycle overnight last night, with no effect, so it really is 
> a loop of some sort.
> 	I assumed this was a hardware compatibility issue.  Yet, all hardware 
> is listed in the FreeBSD hardware list:
>
> ASUS P2B-D mainboard BIOS 1013
> BIOS is in default configuration, except that all video memory shadowing is 
> off.
> Procs are PIII 500MHz Intel (x2)
> 3ware 8006-2LP sATA card in mirrored configuration
> Seagate sATA 250GB drives
> 1GB RAM (4 256MB) PC133 DIMMS 168 Pin
> NIC= Intel Pro 1000T
> Generic CD Drive and 3.5 in floppy drive
>
> So, I ran checkIT (i86 hardware testing software) and all the HW came up 
> clean.
>
> At this point, I am going to start pulling components and reinstalling to 
> determine what might be interferring.
>
> If anyone has some more ideas of what to try, please feel free to bounce me a 
> mail.
>
> 	Thanks,
>
> John H. Nyhuis
> Sr. Computer Specialist
> Dept. of Pediatrics
> HS RR349B, Box 356320
> University of Washington
> Desk: (206)-685-3884
> cabal@u.washington.edu
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