From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 5 21:33:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C8E10656B0 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f206.google.com (mail-bw0-f206.google.com [209.85.218.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AFD58FC1E for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:33:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so342080bwz.43 for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:33:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=z796N44BWIg/GgBDObZVgcDV/eXZSKzjspdYv0rPOSg=; b=uMPykai0Ts/zSg20bTf/rJHHd0gK5m5mzA4TGhXlDHIhJNdPEp9sQoXPEb+du17NvO jQDwiRx27y04cW1uXM4+mRlM0vabw3jPCPU+YJRMjNj+6ZU5Nvp9P/+Dy/UQcPcSNPhU 1tjN+q+k+BpLbRpn8m3PcgazqqiK4tbdp/VkQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ecQUepOujJUwVA5Wqp7w2zWka7NBbiKjweHyerJPEdK6ApZsQPZNHmuO95NOcX9KD5 lpLi2SLqxCJINwQLe1DZJ0XyOV0S7TAqk+c/j/YoWNxG4WTeWn5alzUq8TxVDbpSbTzn 3H8OOFjuY/qke9egDIC8q49kRGArG3JBmnAd8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.105.72 with SMTP id s8mr1700401fao.44.1249508026038; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:33:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5b2efe7c0908051401w62088d7en1af537741bd24f89@mail.gmail.com> References: <5b2efe7c0908051401w62088d7en1af537741bd24f89@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:33:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310908051433u6c3fdfadt6ee5af3280a6e89e@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: Miguel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:33:48 -0000 On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Miguel wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to install FreeBSD in my laptop, but without success. = =A0I > started with 7.2, but during installation i got the error: > > =A0"No disk found! =A0Please verify that your disk controller..." > > Looking at the logs, everything seems fine to me (although its my first t= ime on > the FreeBSD world). =A0I get lines such as: > > atapci0: [...] > atapci0: [ITHREAD] > atapci0: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 4 ports detected > ata2: on atapci0 > ata2: [ITHREAD] > ata3: on atapci0 > ata3: [ITHREAD] > ata4: on atapci0 > ata4: [ITHREAD] > ata5: on atapci0 > ata5: [ITHREAD] > [...] > atapci1: [...] > ata0: on atapci1 > ata0: [ITHREAD] > [...] > > (Note that i wrote these logs manually -- got some photos that I can uplo= ad to > some URL if needed.) > > So, could not find any issues in the logs, apart from some ACPI errors: > > acpi0_check: nexus0 attached > acpi0_check: acpi0 not-present > acpi0_check: acpi0 not-present > acpi0_check: acpi0 not-present > acpi0_check: acpi0 not-present > ... > > in fact, I have some other ACPI-related errors at the beginning of the lo= gs, but > these are common also on Linux -- I believe these are due to a buggy BIOS= , which > unfortunately I am not able to upgrade since I have not windows installed= (I > have a Toshiba Satellite A210). > [snip] > > acpi0: Could not initialise SystemIO handler: AE_NOT_EXIST > device_attach: acpi0 attach returned 6 > Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec > md0: Preload image 4194304 bytes at 0xffffffff80fd8660 > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! > WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance. > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 > warning: no time-of-day clock registered, system time will not be set acc= urately > > And at this point... nothing else -- system freezes. > > Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions for me to have a FreeBSD > installation on my laptop. =A0I am, of course, available to provide any a= dditional > information you might need to debug the issue. > Can you try booting with ACPI disabled? It should be option 2 from the loader menu. --=20 Glen Barber