Boot Error and stop at : plip0:<PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 -> FreeBSD v4.8 i386

[Kent Stewart]

On Friday 25 March 2005 12:14 am, Ann Lee wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When I try to boot from CD-ROM to install my FreeBSD 4.8 i386
>
> my computer stops to work. I do:
>
> 1) Booting from CD-ROM
> 2) Skip kernel configuration.
> 3) Then I see:
>
> [...something before...]
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> plip0:<PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> [That is all. Now he stops.]
>
>
> I have:
> SATA Hard Disk
> Ultra ATA Storage Controller - Onboard
> Intel Pro100MT Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - Onboard
>
>
> Any idea?
>

FreeBSD-4.8 is probably too old for SATA. You will probably have to use 
something recent such as 4.11 or 5.3. For a new system, I would use 5.3 
since 4.11 is now considered legacy. I would move up to trying 5.3 
before I worry about why it doesn't boot 4.8.

Kent

> Cheers,
> Ann
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