booting the install cd

[Bill Moran]

"Richard Lynch" <ceo at l-i-e.com> wrote:
> Christophe Asselin wrote:
> > I want to install FreeBsd 5.2.1 but when i boot from the install i386 cd
> > an error occur.
> >
> > Some text appear and it froze (stuck at these lines)
> > "pcibo:<acpi host-pci bridge> port oxcf8-oxcff on acpi0
> >  pci0:<acpi pci bus> on pcibo
> >  pcibo: slot 2 INTA is routed to irq 10"
> >
> > in windowsxp, if I watch for irq10, it say that my intel 82852/82855
> > GM/GME graphic card is on that irq
> 
> IRQs are shared, so there could be TWO things on IRQ 10...
> 
> So you can't really be sure it's your graphic card.
> 
> I believe that is the same card as is in my laptop, and 5.2.1 installed
> fine on that...
> 
> I'm not saying for sure it's *NOT* your graphics card -- just that it's
> not looking all that likely...
> 
> Cheap/easy things to try:
> re-download (or check the checksum) the disk 1 binary.
> re-burn a new CDR.

Additionally, grab one of the 5.3BETA snapshots and try it out.  A LOT of
things have been fixed/improved since 5.2.1.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com