On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Kent Stewart <kstew...@owt.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 20 June 2009 11:00:45 am ericr wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As the subject says, I can't get the 7.2-RELEASE i386 CD to boot on a > > system that has: > > > > Abit KV8 Pro (K8T800P-8237-6A7L1A1BC-26) motherboard with the most recent > > BIOS - BIOS release 26 4/20/2007 > > ( > > > http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NA > >ME=KV8+Pro&fMTYPE=Socket+754) > > > > An AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8Ghz CPU > > > > 1 Gb RAM > > > > An ATI 1050 256mb AGP video card > > > > I think I have turned off everything ACPI related in the BIOS setup. > > > > When I boot the i386 ISO, the kernel boots to the point of probing the > PCI > > bus and then hangs completely, even the keyboard is locked up. > > > > I've unplugged all the disks, so the only things in the system are the CD > > drive, the floppy drive, and the video card. > > > > I have turned off acpi at boot time, and when I boot the i386 ISO > > verbosely, the last few lines the kernel spews are: > > > > pci_open(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x8000c060 > > pci_open(1a): mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000) > > pci_cfgcheck: device 0 [class=060000] [hdr=80] is there (id=02821106) > > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 > > pcib0: <MPTable Host-PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard > > pci0: <PCI Bus> on pcib0 > > pci0: domain=0, physical bus=0 > > > > There's no PCI cards plugged in, just the AGP video card. > > > > > > When I try booting the AMD64 ISO, the boot loader runs, I get the boot > > menu, and regardless of what boot options I give the kernel, I get the > > message "CPU doesn't support long mode" and then I get the OK prompt. > > > > > > I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a h/w problem, it'll boot and install > > Fedora 11, Win2K, WinXP, and runs every DOS based diagnostic app I can > find > > with no problems. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions, or should I file a PR? > > Did you follow the suggestion on the release announcement of using the > other > CDs and switching before you start the install. Yes. None of the FreeBSD kernels will boot on this system. Doesn't matter if I use the livefs disk, or the install disk, it only gets as far as described above, then hangs. - ericr _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
