Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:10:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Jakubik" <mikej@rogers.com> To: LukeD@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA7 ISO wont load after install (stuck after bootloader) Message-ID: <1041.192.168.0.188.1097550652.squirrel@192.168.0.188> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.60.0410111642110.4985@norge.freeshell.org> References: <1050.192.168.0.188.1097518259.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <1043.192.168.0.188.1097535096.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <1042.192.168.0.188.1097537287.squirrel@192.168.0.188> <Pine.NEB.4.60.0410111642110.4985@norge.freeshell.org>
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Luke said: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Mike Jakubik wrote: >> >> I have booted the install in safe mode, and completed another install. >> Same problem. The machine has 1GB of RAM. I will try downloading a >> 4.10 CD and installing that. Another thing i noticed which may or may >> not be related is this error message (the machine is a single cpu >> athlon): >> >> mptable_probe: MP Config Table has bad signature: <ASCII smiley face> >> >> Thanks. > > I had that exact same error and behavior with 5.2.1 back in March. I > had to disable SMP and APIC in the kernel in order to boot the machine. > The "boot without APIC" on the startup menu worked until I was able to > build a custom kernel. > > Something in the SMP code just could not get along with the motherboard > on that machine. Considering the age, condition, and technological > oddness of the motherboard, I can't really blame the code for my problem > however. > This is not the same problem, i do not get to that stage of the boot. The install CD boots fine. I think you mean ACPI.
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