On Tue, 21.09.2004 at 01:44:35 +0100, Joao Barros wrote: > Trying to install FreeBSD on the last Winblows machine at home was a no go. > The kernel "pauses" at boot. I thought it stopped completely but after > pressing the power button I realized there was still something alive: > > acpi: suspend request ignored (not ready yet) I saw this one yesterday. Try booting without ACPI or with verbose boot. Another thing would be to boot without any CDROM drive attached. But I guess this is not a feasible solution (except you have some SCSI gear lying around or a USB drive the BIOS can boot from...) Ulrich Spoerlein -- PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Get it while it's hot! PGP Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
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