freebsd 8.0 stable amd64/x86 needs ~9min to bootup

[Zavam, Vinícius]

2010/1/27 Aioanei Rares <bsdlisten at gmail.com>:
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> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Zavam, Vinícius wrote:
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>> noon, all you guys.
>>
>> well, I'm having some issues during the 8.0-stable bootup process.
>> it takes ~9min to finish the entire boot process to shows me the
>> "login:" screen.
>>
>> since my first installation attempt to get freebsd up and running here
>> with my dv3-2155mx[1] hp pavilion laptop using 8.0-RC1 amd64 iso I
>> could not boot freebsd up smooth and nicely as it always did for me in
>> my last laptop (dv6130us)[2], but I could install it without any
>> problem.
>> you may check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtz7E7u4fA to see what
>> realy happens.
>>
>> now I'm using a grub 0.97 from my old gentoo linux installation to
>> bootstrap the freebsd loader.
>> I tryed debug and verbose options using grub and freebsd loader.conf
>> but both just result nothing special.
>>
>> I've been updated and downgraded my laptop bios (by Insyde Software /
>> HP) but got no good results either. I tryed versions F1.3A, F1.2, F0.7
>> and the original F0.6 version that came originally from HP.
>>
>> to try another way to get into 8.0-stable or 9-current I used 7.2,
>> 7.1, 6.4 and 6.2 release x86 and amd64 iso images to install freebsd
>> and an it's older btx loader but, unfortunately, got the same. it
>> always "freezes" ~9min.
>>
>> I can use freebsd after all the bootup process with no problem.
>> It's a 8.0-stable amd64 now. but I realy wanna know how could I solve
>> this issue.
>>
>> read some cases/PRs/issues with other hp laptops but nothing like this
>> one I have. one of the problems I read was about dv6000 series -
>> weird, it was my old laptop serie and everything was just fine
>> installing, booting and running freebsd into.
>>
>> what you guys think about it? can you give me a hand or a glue to pass
>> this through?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01777298&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
>> [2]
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00782284&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Zavam, Vinícius
>
> I suppose you tried, but I am gonna ask anyway : you did try with ACPI
> disabled, right?

rares,
the issue happens before the beastie menu shows up.


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Zavam, Vinícius