5.2 install hangs

John Baldwin jhb at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jan 22 08:09:58 PST 2004


On Thursday 22 January 2004 07:12 am, Socketd wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.2-release on my:
>
> i386
> 1 Ghz
> 384 mb ram
> 60 gb harddisk
> 120 mb floppy disk
>
> It's running 4.9-release now btw.
>
> I've downloaded the iso for disc1 and made a cd. I have used that cd to
> install 5.2 on my laptop, test computer and my server, but when trying
> to install it on my main workstation I get:
>
> ad0: 58644 mb <Maxtor 5T060H6> [119150/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
> GEOM: create disk afd0 dp=0xc3f1bb6c
> afd0: REMOVABLE <LS-120 VER5 00 UHD Floppy> at ata0-slave PIO3
>
> I've tried removing the floppy drive, but the it just hangs after:
> ad0: 58644 mb <Maxtor 5T060H6> [119150/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
>
> Any ideas?

Try disabling ACPI.

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