System hang when installing 5.1

Aaron Myles Landwehr aaron at snaphat.com
Sat Nov 29 13:56:13 PST 2003


However, My NIC does not work with 4.x; thus, I am forced to use the
development branch of freebsd. And yes I do know the below.
-aaron<aaron at snaphat.com>
> You do know that the 5.x versions of FBSD are the development
> versions. It is not uncommon to find bugs in the development
> version. As an non-developer (author of code)  You should be using
> version 4.9 the current production version. You stand good odds that
> the problem you are having with 5.1 will not occur with 4.9
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Thor
> Anderson
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: aaron at snaphat.com; thundergod at bigfoot.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: System hang when installing 5.1
>
> I have flashed BIOS to latest version - no change.
>
> A Google search located another person with the same computer and
> problem as
> I.  His lockup was while installing RedHat Linux.  I post a reply
> below:
>
> ---> The OS should either be built with USB keyboard support so
> ---> that when the USB host controller driver disables legacy
> ---> emulation you still have a working keyboard, or the OS
> ---> should be built with _NO_ USB support, so that the BIOS
> ---> will continue providing legacy emulation support for your
> ---> keyboard & mouse.
>
> Does this make sense?  If so, how can I get an updated ISO image to
> begin my
> installation?  I do not have any working FreeBSD systems, so can not
> build
> the kernel myself.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Thor
>
>
>>From: "Aaron Myles Landwehr" <aaron at snaphat.com>
>>Reply-To: aaron at snaphat.com
>>To: thundergod at bigfoot.com
>>CC: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>Subject: Re: System hang when installing 5.1
>>Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 05:13:20 -0000 (GMT)
>>
>>When i first attempted to install freebsd via cds(4.8 annd 5.1)
>>My pc would hang on boot exactly like yours(at the same point). I
>>attempted to flash the bios on the pc with a newer version. After
> the
>>update i had no problems booting 4.8 or 5.1.
>> > I am attempting to install 5.1 on two identical IBM NetVista
> Model 6645
>> > W2U
>> > legacy-free computers.  When booting from the distribution CD,
> both
>> > computers appear to hang immediately after to boot loader is
> located:
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> > CD Loader 1.01
>> >
>> > Building the boot loader arguments
>> > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
>> >
>> > (no further activity)
>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > I am installing FreeBSD 5.1 which was purchased in the boxed
> "Power
>>Pak".
>> > Previously, I attempted to download the ISO for 4.9.1 and it
> hung
>>without
>> > any message at all.  The system is able to successfully boot and
> begin
>>the
>> > installation of other operating systems (various Microsoft
> OS's).
>> >
>> > Being legacy-free, the system is a bit unusual.  It has no PS/2,
> serial
>>or
>> > parallel ports.  Further, it does not have a floppy drive.  The
> only
>> > drives
>> > it has are CD ROM and a 7.x GB hard drive.  The only connectors
> are (5)
>> > USB,
>> > (1) PCI ethernet (Intel chipset), VGA, and sound.
>> >
>> > When booting the FreeBSD 5.1 CD, I have only a VGA monitor and a
>>Microsoft
>> > USB keyboard.
>> >
>> > I don't know what additional information I can provide.  If you
> need
>>more
>> > -
>> > just ask.  Thanks in advance for your help.


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