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Date:      Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:09:59 +0100
From:      Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David Peall <david@esn.org.za>
Cc:        "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Can't install FreeBSD amd64 (intel DP45GS)
Message-ID:  <1249387799.49996.13.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F0D@exchange.ct.esn.org.za>
References:  <0807767D2D53E649827BC55A3A53B067015C3ACD4F0D@exchange.ct.esn.org.za>

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On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 10:39 +0200, David Peall wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a new box here a Intel DP45GS and a Quad core Intel with 4GB ram that I would like to install FreeBSD on.
> I've tried booting with 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 8-BETA2 amd64 and all get stuck on:
> 	Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0

How long have you waited for?

If you get the option in the BIOS, can you try disabling the floppy
drive or the floppy drive controller and see if that makes a difference?

Also, do you get any extra info out of the system if you select "boot
with verbose logging" from the boot menu?

Gavin




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