Ravi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I am a new convert to freebsd 6.0. I installed it > on one of my old machine - a celeron 333 MHz, 98 MB > RAM, with ISA slots. While installing it on my system, > I faced a problem that it took a long time to load the > freebsd installer menu. So I rebooted and selected the > FreeBSD installation in verbose mode. > > This is the verbose output snippet I recieved: > > ... > pci0: <bridge> at device 73 (no drivers attached) > pci0: <display, VGA> at device 16.0 (no driver > attached) > ex_isa_identify() > ata: ata0 already exists; skipping it > ata: ata1 already exists; skipping it > > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 203 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 243 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 283 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 2c3 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 303 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 343 > pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 383 > ... > > The problem is the last 8 lines above. It is I believe > scanning some ports and is taking such a long time. > After this the normal booting is quite fast. > > Is there any way I can disable this process of > scanning that is taking place? After installing > freebsd, each time I boot into it, it hangs for 30 > minutes at the code snippet above. > > My uname -a command gave the following output. > > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 > 09:36:13 UTC 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Looking forward to a reply to this problem.
This is unlikely to solve your problem, but it will ease tracking down what probe is giving you problems: build a custom kernel removing devices you aren't using. See if you get any more information there. Then try disabling ACPI; I wouldn't be surprised if your system had no support for it anyway. And maybe try a verbose boot without ACPI. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
