6.0 Install hangs

[John Crummy]

Shane,

just to close this up, by disabling Legacy USB in the BIOS I was able to
boot FreeBSD.

-John

On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 15:21 +1100, Shane J Pearson wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> On 12/11/2005, at 10:40 AM, John Crummy wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 on my Toshiba Satellite M50-MX2
> > laptop, but with no luck so far.
> >
> > The install cd boots up and displays the boot menu. If I choose  
> > default
> > boot option (1), the systems hangs after this:
> >
> > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x40c2c data=0x2160+0x1090 syms=[0x4+0x7810
> > +0x4+0xa292]
> > \
> >
> > And freezes with the spinning line at that position. Choosing ACPI
> > disabled, safe mode, or verbose logging does nothing to improve the
> > situation. Other have found that disabling pnp in the bios has helped,
> > but this laptop does not have that option in the bios.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas to get FreeBSD working on this laptop or  
> > am I
> > SOL on this?
> 
> My Sony VAIO VGN-A49GP unfortunately also locks up or otherwise fails at
> various points of a 6.0 Rel install, regardless of which install option
> I choose. I have very few options in my BIOS and I am fearful with
> Sony's history of firmware support (lack of), that I may be out of luck
> for a BIOS upgrade to fix this.
> 
> Does 5.4 install okay on your Toshiba?
> 
> Good luck. I think I may have to wait in hope for 6.1.
> 
> 
> Shane J Pearson        shanejp netspace net au                       ->|
> 
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