fresh install - compaq laptop locks up on boot after timecounter TSC

[Steve Franks]

Correction: that may have been the issue: I removed the fdc & fd, and
realized I had disabled sio0, not sio.0....so for the future, it's that or
the floppy.  I don't intend to re-enable the floppy, as I don't have one
anyway, so thanks for the leg-up!

Steve

On 1/6/07, Steve Franks <stevefranks at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks for that.  Unfortunately, no change, but I'm going to start combing
> device.hints for any devices my laptop doesn't have, and turn them all
> off, maybe I'll get lucky.
>
> Looks like I can install amd64 on it, but I don't think the
> currently-running i386 6.1 release is the problem, you'd think if the
> processor type was the issue it wouldn't run at all.
>
> Steve
>
> On 1/6/07, Micah < micahjon at ywave.com> wrote:
> >
> > Steve Franks wrote:
> > > This is why no one ever got fired for buying an IBM as the old adage
> > goes.
> > > My ancient Dell laptop had absolutely no install issues, so I bought a
> > > fresh
> > > disk for my shiny new compaq:
> > >
> > > Behavior is identical off of 6.1-current cd or install to ad0 that was
> > > completed from cd safemode boot.  She runs fine in safemode from acd0
> > or
> > > ad0.  Regular startup - see vga0 go by sucessfully, then
> > >
> > > timcounter TSC...
> > > ....ticks at 1 milliseconds....
> > >
> > > then locks up tight.  I tried disabling the line after vga0 in
> > > boot/device.hints, but those of you who know what that is know, I'm
> > sure,
> > > that that turns my system into a peperweight.
> > >
> > > I also tried boot with acpi disabled, but that seems to lock up
> > identically
> > > on tsc.
> > >
> > > Wish I had more info, but that's all I can glean without more
> > help.  Had to
> > > put the origonal harddisk with winXP back in.  No one wants that
> > ;)  Save
> > > me!
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > Sounds similar to the problem my Compaq has/had. I found that the
> > following advice, posted to questions@ some time ago, worked for me:
> >
> > > Interrupt the kernel loading process, then:
> > >
> > > set hint.sio.0.disabled=1
> > > set hint.sio.1.disabled=1
> > > set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9
> >
> > HTH,
> > Micah
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Steve Franks, KE7BTE
> Staff Engineer
> La Palma Devices, LLC
> http://www.lapalmadevices.com
> (520) 312-0089




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Steve Franks, KE7BTE
Staff Engineer
La Palma Devices, LLC
http://www.lapalmadevices.com
(520) 312-0089