Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:50:25 GMT From: Russell Francis <rfrancis@ev.net> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/68518: Hangs while loading agp during boot from install media. Message-ID: <200407131150.i6DBoP50077198@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/68518; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Russell Francis <rfrancis@ev.net> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/68518: Hangs while loading agp during boot from install media. Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:49:18 +0000 Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.07.07 10:59:48 +0000, Russell Francis wrote: > > >>I looked at problem report 61739 and am not sure how to adjust my AGP >>aperature size? I did not see an option in my BIOS, is there a boot >>option or sysctl variable which can be set? > > > If there is no BIOS option I don't think it's possible. > > >>The aperature size is also lower than 256MB so I am not sure this >>pr[68518] relates to that pr[61739]. > > > OK, it was just an idea, your problem could different. > > >>I have currently worked around the problem by installing freebsd on a >>different machine, rebuilding the kernel without AGP support and then >>swapping the harddrive into the offending machine. I am happy to >>continue working through the problem though. > > > Could you try to boot a -CURRENT kernel with AGP support, or a > -CURRENT snapshot [1] to see if the problem has been fixed after > 5.2.1? > > [1] http://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/ > I downloaded ftp://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/ISO-IMAGES/cdboot-current.iso This morning, <July 12, 2004> and tried to boot the machine from CD, it still hung at the same location. Thanks, Russ
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