Ola Ericsson wrote:
Hi
I've been trying to install the latest version (5.4) of FreeBsd on my
laptop an Acer Aspire 1300.
It seams impossible, it hangs during istallation. I've tried to get
some info on the Web but there is no help. So please can you help me.
I'm realy feed up with microsoft Xp and looking for a new OS.
I tried the livecd from Freesbie and liked it thats why I'm trying to
install FreeBsd.
Ola
ok... i had a problem similar to this. the problem wasn't actually with
a laptop but it was a piece of hardware very similar to one. when i
installed freebsd on my EPIA system FreeBSD hated it. the system was
basically built like a laptop with a slimline cd-rom and a 2.5" hard
drive. FreeBSD would not recognize UDMA on the cd-rom and would
constantly timeout (or hang) the installation when installing from cd.
i basically had to boot from the cd and get to the installation and then
install from FTP. i highly recommend installing a minimal installation
from FTP to get you started and then get the ports collection from CVS
at a convenient time. try it and see if this works for you.
by the way... i haven't fixed this issue with my cd-rom yet... if
anyone would like to help that would be great. here's a cut from dmesg:
atapci0: <VIA 8231 UDMA100 controller> port
0xd000-0xd00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 17.1 on pci0
ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
....
ata0-master: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
ad0: 19077MB <ST92011A/3.04> [38760/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: CDROM <CD-224E/1.7A> at ata0-slave UDMA33
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
and here's atacontrol info:
atacontrol info ata0
Master: ad0 <ST92011A/3.04> ATA/ATAPI revision 6
Slave: acd0 <CD-224E/1.7A> ATA/ATAPI revision 0
not sure about the make of the cdrom... can't recall. if it's important
i can look it up later.
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