Did you mean: *Interrupt the boot countdown by pressing the ESC key; *Type "boot cd0a:netbsd -c disable agp0" without the quotes; *Then press the enter key?
If so, it doesn't work on my wife's system. (She went off on a business trip so now I have plenty of time to work on her machine.) The interesting thing is that RiPLinux 2.9 won't boot, and neither does Fedora Core 6. In fact none of the Linux flavors I've tried so far will boot. I haven't tried the Ubuntu or CentOS CDs. I think it is related somehow to the ethernet controller. There is an onboard Nvidia ethernet controller and a Realtek R8169 adapter that I've installed but not loaded a driver for. With the Linuxes booting 2.6.1x or 2.6.2x kernels, the system hangs soon after the kernel attempts to load the forcedeth driver. I think the early forcedeth versions were not usable but then later kernel versions shipped with improved, working versions. Another issue might be that my wife uses two monitors, not one, on her GeForce video card. So the short answer is, since g4u won't boot, I can't use it to clone my wife's drive. I will have to fiddle with the source until I can get it to work. Thanks Bob Matt Smollinger wrote: > Try interrupting the boot at the countdown, type "boot -c". Then, > at the bootconfig prompt, type "disable agp0". All without the quotes, > of course. It's not a permanent solution, but may point us in the right > direction. > > Matt Smollinger > Application Engineer for Convergence Tech. > AdvancedAV ATG > > > > >> From: Robert L Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:15:00 -0400 >> To: g4u-help <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [g4u-help] 2.4a Hangs on Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 Motherboard (agp0 >> problem?) >> >> Here is the output I promised to post, from g4u. I'm showing the last >> few lines prior to the hang. Please bear in mind that I've hand-typed >> what you see below after hand-copying it from the screen: >> >> >> pchb0 at pci 0 dev 1 function 0: Acer Labs product 0x524b (rev 0x00) >> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 >> pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok >> vga1 at pci1 dev0 function 0: Nvidia product 0x391 (rev 0xa1) >> vga1 WARNING: ignoring 64-bit BAR at 0x14 >> vga1 WARNING: ignoring 64-bit BAR at 0x1c >> wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> direct rendering for vga1 unsupported >> ppb1 at pci0 dev2 function 0: Acer Labs product 0x524c (rev 0x00) >> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 >> pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok >> pchb1 at pci 0 dev 4 function 0 >> pchb1: Acer Labs M1689 Host-PCI Bridge (rev 0x00) >> agp0 at pchb1 >> [g4u hangs at above line] >> >> >> The primary graphics adapter is a PCI GeForce card from BFG. I'll check >> for the exact model, but I think I was incorrect as giving it as the >> Nvidia 7900 series. It is probably the Nvidia 7600 series. >> >> Any ideas about what is hanging g4u? >> >> Thanks >> >> Bob >> >> >> Robert L Cochran wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to use g4u 2.4a (yes, Hubert's most recent!) on a system with >>> this motherboard: >>> >>> http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939Dual-SATA2 >>> >>> Which is running the 2.20 BIOS. I have since added a compUSA brand >>> Firewire 400 PCI card and an BFG brand GeForce card graphics (the 7900 >>> series). >>> >>> I notice there is a 2.30 BIOS version available documented as ' Patch >>> nVidia 5950 AGP card.' >>> >>> g4u hangs on a message related to agp0. >>> >>> I know I should provide a few lines of the actual output, but I forgot >>> and my wife has since returned to using the computer. I'll post relevent >>> output messages tomorrow. >>> >>> Meanwhile, does g4u have trouble with ULi or Nvidia chipsets? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Bob Cochran >>> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> g4u-help mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> g4u-help mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help
