Greetings, I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD. The boot loader runs just fine to the point of the boot menu. After this point, no matter which option I select (boot normally, Safe Mode, single User, etc.), my screen endlessly cycles a dump of what looks like hexidecimal memory addresses. This issue is repeatable via install floppies and even my old FreeBSD 5.4 CDs. I let this cycle overnight last night, with no effect, so it really is a loop of some sort. I assumed this was a hardware compatibility issue. Yet, all hardware is listed in the FreeBSD hardware list: ASUS P2B-D mainboard BIOS 1013 BIOS is in default configuration, except that all video memory shadowing is off. Procs are PIII 500MHz Intel (x2) 3ware 8006-2LP sATA card in mirrored configuration Seagate sATA 250GB drives 1GB RAM (4 256MB) PC133 DIMMS 168 Pin NIC= Intel Pro 1000T Generic CD Drive and 3.5 in floppy drive So, I ran checkIT (i86 hardware testing software) and all the HW came up clean. At this point, I am going to start pulling components and reinstalling to determine what might be interferring. If anyone has some more ideas of what to try, please feel free to bounce me a mail. Thanks, John H. Nyhuis Sr. Computer Specialist Dept. of Pediatrics HS RR349B, Box 356320 University of Washington Desk: (206)-685-3884 cabal@u.washington.edu
I managed to get the screen to pause and discerned an error message: ACPI disabled by blacklist MADT: ACPI Startup failed with AE_ERROR panic: Using MADT but ACPI doesn't work Old archived messages offer a solution that requires altering the loader.conf file, but I don't want to maintain a system that requires a different set of install disks then all the others. Hence, I'll likely be replacing the system. Thanks, John H. Nyhuis Sr. Computer Specialist Dept. of Pediatrics HS RR349B, Box 356320 University of Washington Desk: (206)-685-3884 cabal@u.washington.edu On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, J. Nyhuis wrote:> Greetings, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD. The boot loader runs > just fine to the point of the boot menu. After this point, no matter which > option I select (boot normally, Safe Mode, single User, etc.), my screen > endlessly cycles a dump of what looks like hexidecimal memory addresses. > This issue is repeatable via install floppies and even my old FreeBSD 5.4 > CDs. I let this cycle overnight last night, with no effect, so it really is > a loop of some sort. > I assumed this was a hardware compatibility issue. Yet, all hardware > is listed in the FreeBSD hardware list: > > ASUS P2B-D mainboard BIOS 1013 > BIOS is in default configuration, except that all video memory shadowing is > off. > Procs are PIII 500MHz Intel (x2) > 3ware 8006-2LP sATA card in mirrored configuration > Seagate sATA 250GB drives > 1GB RAM (4 256MB) PC133 DIMMS 168 Pin > NIC= Intel Pro 1000T > Generic CD Drive and 3.5 in floppy drive > > So, I ran checkIT (i86 hardware testing software) and all the HW came up > clean. > > At this point, I am going to start pulling components and reinstalling to > determine what might be interferring. > > If anyone has some more ideas of what to try, please feel free to bounce me a > mail. > > Thanks, > > John H. Nyhuis > Sr. Computer Specialist > Dept. of Pediatrics > HS RR349B, Box 356320 > University of Washington > Desk: (206)-685-3884 > cabal@u.washington.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
I have the similar issue. I have hot-swap disks and when I want to install from CDs (till 5.x and 6.x) I got lots of garbage hexadecimals. I found a solution for that. I just remove the disk just before the selecting the MENU item. Then after a time before installation wants to see SCSI devices I reinsert the disks. This solves my installation problem. Good luck. Husnu Demir. On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 03:58:32PM -0800, J. Nyhuis wrote:> Greetings, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD. The boot loader runs > just fine to the point of the boot menu. After this point, no matter > which option I select (boot normally, Safe Mode, single User, etc.), my > screen endlessly cycles a dump of what looks like hexidecimal memory > addresses. This issue is repeatable via install floppies and even my > old FreeBSD 5.4 CDs. I let this cycle overnight last night, with no > effect, so it really is a loop of some sort. > I assumed this was a hardware compatibility issue. Yet, all > hardware is listed in the FreeBSD hardware list: > > ASUS P2B-D mainboard BIOS 1013 > BIOS is in default configuration, except that all video memory shadowing > is off. > Procs are PIII 500MHz Intel (x2) > 3ware 8006-2LP sATA card in mirrored configuration > Seagate sATA 250GB drives > 1GB RAM (4 256MB) PC133 DIMMS 168 Pin > NIC= Intel Pro 1000T > Generic CD Drive and 3.5 in floppy drive > > So, I ran checkIT (i86 hardware testing software) and all the HW came up > clean. > > At this point, I am going to start pulling components and reinstalling to > determine what might be interferring. > > If anyone has some more ideas of what to try, please feel free to bounce > me a mail. > > Thanks, > > John H. Nyhuis > Sr. Computer Specialist > Dept. of Pediatrics > HS RR349B, Box 356320 > University of Washington > Desk: (206)-685-3884 > cabal@u.washington.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"