Boot problem on a P4P800-based computer

[Wes Peters]

On Thursday 05 June 2003 03:40 am, Noor Dawod wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I tried sending this message to freebsd-config and freebsd-install,
> after subscribing to them, but no one answered back... so I am posting
> my question here.

Neither of those mailing lists has anything to do with what you're asking.
This is the right place to ask about problems with the -STABLE branch 
code.

> I just downloaded ISO images for 4.8-RELEASE, and prepared them for
> installation on an brand new ASUS P4P800-based computer.
> More information about this motherboard and integrated peripherals
> list, can be found here:
>
> http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/overview.htm
>
> I am having a problem booting up the CD-ROM on this computer. After the
> kernel boots up, and then skipping the hardware configuration mode, the
> kernel boots until it reaches the PLIP secion, where it just waits
> there for good. The computer doesn't hang as I can press CAPS-LOCK and
> see it switch lights, but it just sits there without doing anything.
> There's also no disk activitity that I can see.
>
> [...]
>
> Anyone has the slightest idea how to debug or solve this problem?

1) Make sure the "PnP OS" setting in your BIOS is OFF.
2) Disable ACPI.
3) Try 5.1-RC1?

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Wes Peters                                               wes at softweyr.com