Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:31:37 +0100 From: Thomas Moestl <tmoestl@gmx.net> To: Jie Gao <gaoj@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can not install 5.0-RELEASE on Toshiba Satellite 2400 Message-ID: <20030204233137.GC648@crow.dom2ip.de> In-Reply-To: <3E4033CB.5070501@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> References: <3E4033CB.5070501@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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On Tue, 2003/02/04 at 14:42:35 -0700, Jie Gao wrote: > If use the 5.0-RELEASE installation CD to boot the Toshiba Satellite > 2400 laptop, it will hang before floppy controller is recognized. > Whether disable ACPI or not, the same thing happens. Since the system > cannot be installed, no further track performed. Try "set hw.eisa_slots=0" on the loader prompt (press a key during the 10 second boot delay to get there, and continue booting with the "boot" command when you are done). If that works, just build a kernel without eisa support as soon as the installation is done. - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl <tmoestl@gmx.net> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ <tmm@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ PGP fingerprint: 1C97 A604 2BD0 E492 51D0 9C0F 1FE6 4F1D 419C 776C To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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