I'm new to the FreeBSD OS and I'm trying to get it installed on a Compaq Presario M2105US laptop I have. I've been having trouble with the installation process when trying to boot off of cd's. I can get to the boot menu with the 7 options that include normal mode, acpi disabled, safe mode, single user mode, etc. Afterwards when any of the options are chosen with the exception of the loader prompt, the messages probing the hardware are displayed on the screen. Then the process hangs while this is occuring.
I have used the FreeBSD 7.0 release installation CD disc1, the FreeBSD live FS cd 7.1 Release, and a FreesBIE 2.1 disc which is based on Freebsd 6.2-Release. The errors that occur are the following:
with the disc1, hangs at:
Timecounters tick every 1.000mec
hptrr:no controller detected
when options 1,2, or 4 are chosen. When option 3 is chosen, it it hangs at:
sio0: at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
when option 5 is chosen, it hangs at:
lo0:bpf attached
hptrr: no controller detected
On the 7.1 livefs discs, for options 1,2, and 4, it hangs one line above at the:
timecounters tick every 1.000msec
for options 3, and 5, it hangs at the same place as on the 7.0 release disc 1.
I tried a FreesBie disc and that hangs on all options at the white and red splash screen. Also tried to boot to a loader prompt, and used the the "set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0" command before typing boot but the same thing happened as always.
I believe the problem is possiblly related to the OS not recognizing the hard drive controller or hard drive. I have no problem with Windows or Linux live cd's. In Device manager in Windows, it does not list any specific make or type for the hard drive controllers., just primary ide channel, secondary ide channel, and standard dual channel pc IDE Controller.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I have used the FreeBSD 7.0 release installation CD disc1, the FreeBSD live FS cd 7.1 Release, and a FreesBIE 2.1 disc which is based on Freebsd 6.2-Release. The errors that occur are the following:
with the disc1, hangs at:
Timecounters tick every 1.000mec
hptrr:no controller detected
when options 1,2, or 4 are chosen. When option 3 is chosen, it it hangs at:
sio0: at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
when option 5 is chosen, it hangs at:
lo0:bpf attached
hptrr: no controller detected
On the 7.1 livefs discs, for options 1,2, and 4, it hangs one line above at the:
timecounters tick every 1.000msec
for options 3, and 5, it hangs at the same place as on the 7.0 release disc 1.
I tried a FreesBie disc and that hangs on all options at the white and red splash screen. Also tried to boot to a loader prompt, and used the the "set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0" command before typing boot but the same thing happened as always.
I believe the problem is possiblly related to the OS not recognizing the hard drive controller or hard drive. I have no problem with Windows or Linux live cd's. In Device manager in Windows, it does not list any specific make or type for the hard drive controllers., just primary ide channel, secondary ide channel, and standard dual channel pc IDE Controller.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.