lenovo t400 does not start 7.1

[Garrett Cooper]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Harald Servat <redcrash at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Harald Servat <redcrash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo at bluezbox.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Harald Servat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I downloaded FreeBSD 7.1 (DVD iso image) for amd64 architecture (with
>>>>> correct SHA256 checksum), but I'm unable to start the system (Lenovo
>>>>> T400).
>>>>>
>>>>>  The boot process starts fine, the BTX messages appear, the 7-option menu
>>>>> also appears, but when I hit enter (or when I choose start without ACPI
>>>>> or
>>>>> start in safe mode) the \ symbols starts spinning for a while and then
>>>>> freezes.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I also tried with the 7.1-amd64-CD1, 7.1-i386-CD1 and a snapshot of
>>>>> 8.0-CURRENT dated from December. And the result is the same for all of
>>>>> them.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Does anyone have any idea on what can be happening? Or at least, how can
>>>>> I
>>>>> gather more information about this issue?
>>>>>
>>>>        Not sure about install CDs but I tried all these systems on my
>>>> t400.
>>>> I installed 7.0 then upgraded  it to 7.1 and when it turned out that
>>>> atheros is not 100% supported by it I upgraded to CURRENT. (I used cvsup
>>>> for upgrades). What is your HW configuration?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ok, thanks... I'll give a try to 7.0, and let's see if it works.
>>>
>>>
>> Uhm... FreeBSD 7.0 i386 CD1 behaves in the same manner. It frozes when
>> spinning the backslash symbol.
>>
>> The BIOS reports 4GB of RAM and SATA disk configured in AHCI mode. Should I
>> look for something unusual? and how?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
>    Could you try booting with verbose information (option 5)? Also,
> have you tried disabling ACPI, or switching AHCI over to
> EIDE/compatible mode?
> Thanks,
> -Garrett

Also, try upgrading your BIOS to the latest version, if at all possible.
-Garrett