5.3 crash on boot

[Gray Lilley]

It seems to be a bug when using anything 5.x and above with any Toshiba laptops and also some acer models.

I found this:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2004-March/003501.html

Unfortunately I haven't managed to find a 'reason' for the occurrence, and im new to debugging freebsd and issues such as this, so don't really know where to start the investigation myself.  If anyone else can suggest a good start point, im happy to test any fixes/patches.

I'm guessing this is a new install (as you wouldn't have been able to perform the installation yet, as it crashes on boot, unless its an updated 4.x), try this:



When booting (be it from cd, or from hdd), stop the boot by pressing "any other key" then at the prompt, type:

set hw.pci.enable_io_modes=0

Once typed, type "boot" (without the "'s obviously) and attempt to continue your installation.  Once the system is installed happily, add "hw.pci.enable_io_modes=0" (again, without "'s) to /boot/loader.conf.

This should hopefully allow you to boot,

Hope this helps,

Best Regards,

Graham Lilley
Hardware / Network Engineer
Ibex Systems Ltd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Oberman
Sent: 11 March 2005 00:34
To: lucas galete
Cc: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 5.3 crash on boot 

> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:23:42 -0300
> From: lucas galete <lucasgalete at gmail.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> 
> i was using the freeBsd 4.x, and it run ok. but now i need install the 
> 5.3 version, but it stop on boot. i think that's something related to 
> ACPI. I  don't know how to disable that.. i tried this: 
> hint.acpi.0.disable="1", but that dont works... a don't know what to 
> do... can someone help me?
> i have an A20 toshiba notebook.

Exactly where does it stop in the boot? Does the kernel load? Is this an
upgrade or a new install? A few more details will be needed to do more
than guess.
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R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
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Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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