I managed to get the screen to pause and discerned an error
message:
ACPI disabled by blacklist
MADT: ACPI Startup failed with AE_ERROR
panic: Using MADT but ACPI doesn't work
Old archived messages offer a solution that requires altering the
loader.conf file, but I don't want to maintain a system that requires a
different set of install disks then all the others. Hence, I'll likely be
replacing the system.
Thanks,
John H. Nyhuis
Sr. Computer Specialist
Dept. of Pediatrics
HS RR349B, Box 356320
University of Washington
Desk: (206)-685-3884
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, J. Nyhuis wrote:
Greetings,
I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD. The boot loader runs
just fine to the point of the boot menu. After this point, no matter which
option I select (boot normally, Safe Mode, single User, etc.), my screen
endlessly cycles a dump of what looks like hexidecimal memory addresses.
This issue is repeatable via install floppies and even my old FreeBSD 5.4
CDs. I let this cycle overnight last night, with no effect, so it really is
a loop of some sort.
I assumed this was a hardware compatibility issue. Yet, all hardware
is listed in the FreeBSD hardware list:
ASUS P2B-D mainboard BIOS 1013
BIOS is in default configuration, except that all video memory shadowing is
off.
Procs are PIII 500MHz Intel (x2)
3ware 8006-2LP sATA card in mirrored configuration
Seagate sATA 250GB drives
1GB RAM (4 256MB) PC133 DIMMS 168 Pin
NIC= Intel Pro 1000T
Generic CD Drive and 3.5 in floppy drive
So, I ran checkIT (i86 hardware testing software) and all the HW came up
clean.
At this point, I am going to start pulling components and reinstalling to
determine what might be interferring.
If anyone has some more ideas of what to try, please feel free to bounce me a
mail.
Thanks,
John H. Nyhuis
Sr. Computer Specialist
Dept. of Pediatrics
HS RR349B, Box 356320
University of Washington
Desk: (206)-685-3884
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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