FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE install boot halts

[Victor Engmark]

On 4/4/07, Victor Engmark <victor.engmark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've downloaded and burned the boot CD for the i386 6.2-RELEASE. I've used
> the CD to install a very well running system on my laptop, but it halts
> during boot when I try to install with the same CD on my desktop PC. The
> last line it outputs before halting is the following:
> acd0: DVDR <PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A/1.12> at ata1-master UDMA33
>
> The install doesn't actually crash - I can still enable / disable Num
> Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock, and the Ctrl-Alt-Space shortcut works. It
> just never seems to continue (unless I actually have to wait for several
> minutes).
>
> This drive is the only CD/DVD drive, and, hence, the one which the boot CD
> is in. The drive works in both Windows and SUSE. Taking out the CD after the
> boot image has been loaded doesn't help.
>
> I've tried to boot in safe mode and with ACPI disabled, but I get the same
> result.
>
> Some other things noted during boot:
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.1.INTA
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.2.INTA
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.2.INTB
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.2.INTC
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.4.INTA
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.5.INTA
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.6.INTA
> $PIR: No matching entry for 0.13.INTA
> [...]
> ♠ptable-probe: MPConfig Table has bad signature: [yes, the first character
> is a spade]
> [...]
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources (memory)
>  [...]
> Correcting nForce2 C1 CPU disconnect hangs [that would be my ASUS
> [...]
> pci0: <memory,RAM> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory,RAM> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory,RAM> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory,RAM> at device 0.4 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <memory,RAM> at device 0.5 (no driver attached)
>
> More information from SUSE:
> # lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?)
> (rev a2)
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev
> a2)
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev
> a2)
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev
> a2)
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev
> a2)
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev
> a2)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
>
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
> Controller (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio
> Processing Unit (rev a2)
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio
> Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
> 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev
> a3)
> 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
> 00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE
> 1394) Controller (rev a3)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
> 01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
> Capture (rev 11)
> 01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
> (rev 11)
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 NE
> [Radeon 9500 Pro]
> 02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 [Radeon 9500
> Pro] (Secondary)
>
> # lsusb
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c041 Logitech, Inc.
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1058:0901 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 05ac:1260 Apple Computer, Inc.
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> Does anyone have any tips for what might be wrong? Do you need more
> information?
>

Some clarification:

   - I've used the DVD drive on Windows and Linux (in the same machine)
   for years, and it still works with those.
   - I was able to install FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE or 6.1-RELEASE using the
   same drive.


-- 
Victor Engmark
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds
profound