freebsd 8.0 stable amd64/x86 needs ~9min to bootup

[Aioanei Rares]

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Zavam, Vinícius wrote:

> noon, all you guys.
>
> well, I'm having some issues during the 8.0-stable bootup process.
> it takes ~9min to finish the entire boot process to shows me the
> "login:" screen.
>
> since my first installation attempt to get freebsd up and running here
> with my dv3-2155mx[1] hp pavilion laptop using 8.0-RC1 amd64 iso I
> could not boot freebsd up smooth and nicely as it always did for me in
> my last laptop (dv6130us)[2], but I could install it without any
> problem.
> you may check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtz7E7u4fA to see what
> realy happens.
>
> now I'm using a grub 0.97 from my old gentoo linux installation to
> bootstrap the freebsd loader.
> I tryed debug and verbose options using grub and freebsd loader.conf
> but both just result nothing special.
>
> I've been updated and downgraded my laptop bios (by Insyde Software /
> HP) but got no good results either. I tryed versions F1.3A, F1.2, F0.7
> and the original F0.6 version that came originally from HP.
>
> to try another way to get into 8.0-stable or 9-current I used 7.2,
> 7.1, 6.4 and 6.2 release x86 and amd64 iso images to install freebsd
> and an it's older btx loader but, unfortunately, got the same. it
> always "freezes" ~9min.
>
> I can use freebsd after all the bootup process with no problem.
> It's a 8.0-stable amd64 now. but I realy wanna know how could I solve
> this issue.
>
> read some cases/PRs/issues with other hp laptops but nothing like this
> one I have. one of the problems I read was about dv6000 series -
> weird, it was my old laptop serie and everything was just fine
> installing, booting and running freebsd into.
>
> what you guys think about it? can you give me a hand or a glue to pass
> this through?
>
> thanks.
>
> [1] http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01777298&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
> [2] http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00782284&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
>
>
>
> -- 
> Zavam, Vinícius

I suppose you tried, but I am gonna ask anyway : you did try with ACPI
disabled, right?>