Re: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install
Justin wrote: I'm trying to venture into the world of BSD. Thus, I have just recently joined the mailing list and this is my first message. I have tried to research my question and found a similar problem, but I was unable to find any type of solution. Here's What's Happening: After I boot my laptop to the installer CD and select what I'd like to boot (I've tried the default, no acpi, and safe mode with the same results), the installer seems to lock up the computer after the following two lines: Timecounter TSC frequency 1600070929 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec At this point the computer responds to nothing but holding down the power button, which obviously kills the power. Just in case it was trying to work something out (after all, the thinking light was on), I let my laptop sit for almost four hours with still no change. Offhand, I'd still suspect ACPI/APM. The next step after Timecounter is usually the ACPI Timecounter and then ACPI CPU0. Other than trying: a] another CD of 6.1 (maybe bad burn?) or b] another version of FreeBSD, I wouldn't know what to suggest. I have used Debian and Fedora on this computer previously with no problems (and obviously Windows works also). Since there are really no other options as far as booting goes, I really don't know what I've done wrong or what I can do. Well, there might be a few remaining things to try. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.html http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd-6.0-rc1.php (and Google, where I found those), for more information about APM/ACPI problems. Dan (Freebsddiary) shows himself hitting any other key for command prompt during stage 2 boot, then issuing: unset acpi_load boot -v Seems like the verbose boot might be worth looking at; perhaps you could get a better idea just exactly what is up with the boot process. Just is case it helps, here is some information about my system: Compaq Presario M2105US AMD Mobile Sempron processor 1GB RAM4 ATI Express 200M graphics card w/ shared memory Also, I've tried to use the 2CD set and Boot Only CD for the i386. Hmm, then maybe the try a different CD won't work. Sorry I've got no more thoughts ATM. Good luck! Kevin Kinsey -- Calvin Coolidge looks as if he had been weaned on a pickle. -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install
Trouble shooting 101. 1. If you burned the install cd from the iso file, did you first check that what you downloaded is correct by running md5 and comparing the hash number against the checksum value? 2. Check the motherboard bio settings. Turn off all power management options. If there is an option to select the operation system, select anything other than windows. Check that irq number assignments are set to auto. Check that hard drive master/slave is set to auto. 3. If nothing works to fix problem them post your question to the FreeBSD mobile list. The mobile list is just for laptop questions so you should get better help there. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Justin Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:31 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install Hello, I'm trying to venture into the world of BSD. Thus, I have just recently joined the mailing list and this is my first message. I have tried to research my question and found a similar problem, but I was unable to find any type of solution. Here's What's Happening: After I boot my laptop to the installer CD and select what I'd like to boot (I've tried the default, no acpi, and safe mode with the same results), the installer seems to lock up the computer after the following two lines: Timecounter TSC frequency 1600070929 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec At this point the computer responds to nothing but holding down the power button, which obviously kills the power. Just in case it was trying to work something out (after all, the thinking light was on), I let my laptop sit for almost four hours with still no change. I have used Debian and Fedora on this computer previously with no problems (and obviously Windows works also). Since there are really no other options as far as booting goes, I really don't know what I've done wrong or what I can do. Just is case it helps, here is some information about my system: Compaq Presario M2105US AMD Mobile Sempron processor 1GB RAM ATI Express 200M graphics card w/ shared memory Also, I've tried to use the 2CD set and Boot Only CD for the i386. Thanks in advance for your help. ~Justin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install
Justin wrote: Deleted question, but his 6.1 install CD freezes on a laptop If the other fine suggestions given by the others on this list do not solve the problem, a couple other suggestions come to mind. Redownloading and reburning the CD would be the first suggestion. If the CD does not boot correctly, does diskettes (if you computer still as one of course)? The next suggestion is to get a list of components from the install of the other OSes that work. That list and the verbose boot may point out a device that the OS is having giving you difficulty. --Mark Tinguely ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
