5.2 install hangs after menu -- USB ISSUES

[Kathy Quinlan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dimitri Aivaliotis
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2004 9:06 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: 5.2 install hangs after menu
> 
> 
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:47:27 +0800
> "Kathy Quinlan" <kat-free at kaqelectronics.dyndns.org> wrote:
> 
> > OK here is the info I get:
> > 
> > After the menu, and the kernel load:
> > loading required module 'pci'
> > ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory
> > \
> > int=0000 0006 err=0000 0000 efl=0001 0896 eip=8903 8b08 
> eax=0000 0000 
> > ebx=0043 af10 ecx=0000 003f edx=0000 0000 esi=000b e1e8 
> edi=0005 8a65 
> > ebp=0009 48a0 esp=0009 e858 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 
> > ss=0010 cs:eip= ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> >         ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
> > ss:esp= df af 43 00 10 af 43 00-e8 e1 06 00 00 08 00 80
> >         75 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > 
> > BTX halted
> > 
> > That is all I get sofar.
> > 
> 
> Google ist your friend:
> 
> Searching for "FreeBSD ACPI autoload failed - no such file or 
> directory" yielded:
> 

OK this was all a red herring :o(

The fault turned out to be that in BIOS I had USB support for legacy
KBD/MOUSE/FDD enabled.

Then the installer hung while I had an ATMEL USB development board
plugged in, and also a MGE USB UPS.

So it looks like the install loader hangs on USB devices that are not
generic (USB HP ScanJet 5200C, Aopen optical USB mouse and M$ USB
keyboard are ok)

Installing the 5.2 Boot Loader trashed Win XP, but a rebuild fixed win
XP with no loss of data (but I had the data backed up anyway) and I
installed GAG boot loader so I could dual boot.

Everything seems to be running sweet now :o)

Regards,

Kat.

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