Install error - MOD_LOAD (amr_linux, 0xffffffff806205d0, 0) error 6

[tecol]

I updated the BIOS and that got me past the problem. I had 0403 BIOS 
before, and updated it to 1001 version. I am now able to continue with 
installation of FreeBSD.

Updating my BIOS seemed like it would be difficult. I have no floppy 
drive on that system. Fortunately, I was able to use the dd command from 
my linux system to copy the DRDOS system from bootdisk.com to a USB pen 
drive, copy my new BIOS ROM code to it and the ASUS flash utility. Then 
change the BIOS setup on the target system to force my USB drive to be 
recognized as a FDD drive, change boot order to make the USB drive 
first, and boot into DOS off my USB drive to update the BIOS. That was 
interesting.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.



tecol wrote:
> Last I looked there weren't any, or none that I found anyway. Thanks, 
> I'll check again.
>
> Robert Marella wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:45:56 +1100
>> Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:26:11 -0600
>>> tecol <tecol at monobath.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I disabled SATA in BIOS and I disabled the nVidia RAID setup in
>>>> BIOS and got stuck at the same place, except that I don't see the
>>>> MOD_LOAD error 6 message. The last message I see is the
>>>> timecounters message.
>>> then maybe amr isn't at fault (even if it's showing an error...)
>>>
>>>> If I exit to the boot prompt (option 6), then "load amr_linux" it
>>>> gets loaded. Module name is amr_linux.ko. I also "set acpi_load=no"
>>>> to get around the bad character in the ACPI table issue. Then
>>>> "boot". Now I see message saying amr_linux is already loaded. boot
>>>> sequence continues and I still hang after the timecounters message.
>>> have you tried disabling apic? not good to do this if you have SMP,
>>> but on UMP is has helped me move past locks like yours.
>>>
>>
>> HAve you upgrade your bios? There are updates available for your
>> motherboard.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
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