Re: Problems loading 5.2.1 onto a Compaq DL360 G1

From: Dimitri Aivaliotis (dna_at_everyware.ch)
Date: 08/20/04

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    On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:26:23 -0400
    Derek Buttineau <derek@csolve.net> wrote:

    > Good Day,
    >
    > Having a little bit of an issue reformatting one of our older Compaq
    > DL360 G1s. FreeBSD 4.10 installs on it fine, but FreeBSD 5.2.1 stalls
    > during the boot up probes (just after the time counter probe).
    >
    > The box is running the latest bios, but not sure if there's some
    > compatibility issue between this older hardware and the 5.2.1 release.
    >
    > Has anyone encountered similar difficulties, or know of a way to work
    > around this problem? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Have you tried to boot the noacpi kernel? Should be option 2 on the boot menu.

    If this helps you to boot, place

    hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

    into /boot/loader.conf.

    - Dimitri 

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