On a side note, Open Solaris seems to install just fine. Sigh... FreeBSD is obviously my first choice, so hopefully there will be a solution to this problem...
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:07 PM, patrick <gibblert...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject > detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) > > Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble > getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after > it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: > > acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) > > and so on. > > Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This > works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to > partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I > can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system > find the disk controller? > > I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help > isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the > meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. > > ... time passes ... > > Booting in safe-mode doesn't have the TIMEOUT - READ_BIG messages, but > instead I get an interrupt storm detected. The LiveCD didn't work > because when I boot with ACPI disabled, no disks are detected which > means that I cannot mount the LiveCD. :( > > Has anyone found a way to work around this sort of issue before? > > Thanks, > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"