Successfully installed FreeBSD 9.0 64-bit on a 2008 iMac with Core 2 Duo processor. However, I have yet to get a succcessful boot of the system. When I try to boot/reboot, it gets 2 seconds into the boot and displays:
Event Timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE Apple00>
which would seem to suggest an ACPI issue. At this point the system madly displays screen after screen of data for about 5 seconds then a reboot is forced. The display scrolls so rapidly that I can not read anything. Attemps to disable ACPI support at boot or boot into safe mode results in a panic:
panic: No usable event timer found.
and another forced reboot.
Also if I ESCape to boot options, everything I type gets a blank inserted after, so that typing "menu" results in "m e n u" and is unrecognized.
Do I have any options here other than try to reinstall, maybe at 32-bits?
Event Timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <APPLE Apple00>
which would seem to suggest an ACPI issue. At this point the system madly displays screen after screen of data for about 5 seconds then a reboot is forced. The display scrolls so rapidly that I can not read anything. Attemps to disable ACPI support at boot or boot into safe mode results in a panic:
panic: No usable event timer found.
and another forced reboot.
Also if I ESCape to boot options, everything I type gets a blank inserted after, so that typing "menu" results in "m e n u" and is unrecognized.
Do I have any options here other than try to reinstall, maybe at 32-bits?