Problem on installing FreeBSD 5.3 on a Toshiba Laptop

[Eric Anderson]

Gustavo Machado wrote:
> I´m trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a Toshiba Satellite A20-S207, but the installation freezes while trying to boot from the CD-ROM.
> I also tried disabling ACPI and Verbose mode.
> The last lines I got was:
>  
> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> atapci0: <AcerLabs Aladdin UDMA100 controller> port 0xeff0-0xefff, 0x376, 0x170-0x
> 177,0x3f6, 0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 4.0 on pci0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xeff0
> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6
>  
> Does anyone have any idea?

Can you try 5.4-R or even 6.0-CURRENT snapshot?

Eric



-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never.
------------------------------------------------------------------------