Problems loading 5.2.1 onto a Compaq DL360 G1

[Dimitri Aivaliotis]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:26:23 -0400
Derek Buttineau <derek at csolve.net> wrote:

> Good Day,
> 
> Having a little bit of an issue reformatting one of our older Compaq 
> DL360 G1s.  FreeBSD 4.10 installs on it fine, but FreeBSD 5.2.1 stalls 
> during the boot up probes (just after the time counter probe).
> 
> The box is running the latest bios, but not sure if there's some 
> compatibility issue between this older hardware and the 5.2.1 release.
> 
> Has anyone encountered similar difficulties, or know of a way to work 
> around this problem?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried to boot the noacpi kernel?  Should be option 2 on the boot menu.

If this helps you to boot, place

hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

into /boot/loader.conf.


- Dimitri

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