Installing FreeBSD on AMD64 - system freezes during boot

[Fabian Wenk]

Hello Cláudio

Cláudio Henrique wrote:
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 Stable on my machine (AMD X2 AM2
> 4200 64bits, Asus M2N SLI Deluxe, nVidia 7950GS, 1 HD IDE, 1 HD SATA2,
> 1 DVDRW), but FreeBSD freezes right after detecting my HDs. I do not
> see the install screen.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this? Is there a boot option I can use to
> successfully install FreeBSD?

Did you try to boot with ACPI disabled or safe mode from the boot 
menu?

If ACPI disabled does work, you will need the following in 
/boot/loder.conf:

hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

If you need to boot in safe mode, then you also need the following 
in /boot/loader.conf:

hint.apic.0.disabled="1"


bye
Fabian