I wanna use FreeBSD in my laptop and it stucks booting (i can't even install it)

[Donald J. O'Neill]

On Friday 27 July 2007 12:47:12 am Norberto Meijome wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:26:33 -0500
>
> Sergio Andrés Ligregni Arredondo <chekkko at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!, listen, I have a COMPAQ Presario V2615LA (laptop) with AMD Sempron
> > 1.83Ghz 256 MB RAM 40 GB HDI have also the FreeBSD i386 6.2 CD (I also
> > tried with 6.1 and it's the same, or 6.2 alpha and it doesn't works) When
> > I put the CD into my drive, and I boot from it, it appears the FreeBSD
> > booting MENU, and I choose 1 (default)(I also tried with single user,
> > ACPI disabled, safe mode) and it starts loading the devices, but, almost
> > in the end of that (I said almost because I have a desktop and there it
> > works OK, and when the following message appears, is almost the finish)
> > the loading process stucks in a line that says:
> >
> > Timecounter ticks every 1.000 msec
> >
> > And the HD led keeps turned on, but the CD drive led turns off (I mean
> > it's not reading anything from CD).OK, be patiently you could say, but, I
> > have waited 2 hours or more and int doesn't seem to progress. THE
> > FOLLOWING IS JUST FOR GIVE YOU MORE IDEA THAT MY PROBLEM IS: I had
> > installed Ubuntu linux (I am pretty sure FreeBSD is more powerful than
> > linux, that's why I didn't keep Ubuntu), I said that because Ubuntu is
> > for i386 arquitecture and it is not too compatible as FreeBSD, I think,
> > if it runs linux, it sure runs FreeBSD (and my laptop's arquitecture is
> > not extraordinary, I think is pretty common)!
> >
> > I have asked on freebsd-question (they sent me here) and they confirm
> > that my arquitecture is i386, so I have the right CD, and which I said, I
> > installed FreeBSD in my desktop but in an external (USB) Hard Drive, when
> > I boot from this, it stucks at the same line, so my CD drive is ok, I
> > really want to install it in my laptop because I almost always out home
> > (university). I really don't know where is the real problem, but I was
> > wondering if changing some variables with 6 (go to prompt) and disabling
> > some drives or something
>
> Hi Sergio,
> search the archives, i've seen a couple of posts about people's computers
> stuck @ 1,000 msec . ( u should let it sit for a while...i vaguely remember
> in mine getting unstuck after 5 minutes or not...i solved it, but i cant
> remember what it was).
>
> anyway, have you tried breaking the menu, disabling APIC and then booting?
>
> my laptops havent been able to boot unless I did that. now i just have
> hint.apic.0.disabled="1"
>
> in /boot/loader.conf.local
>
>
>
> _________________________
> {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome


Yes, I use a DV9010us. Works fine, once you use the first BIOS instead of the 
upgrades.

Don