Error installing 5.3-release before sysinstall

[Nick]

I am attempting to upgrade my system from 4.9 to 5.3-RELEASE. I removed my
4.9 partition using /stand/sysinstall. Next, I booted from the mininstall CD,
and a menu with the beastie and seven boot options is presented. When I
attempt any of the boot options, it gives errors and warns me of an "Automatic
reboot in 15 seconds".

The lines leading up to this warning are:
***
ep0: eeprom failed ot come ready.
ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6)
panic: resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy
Uptime: 1s
Shutting down ACPI
****

If I choose too boot without ACPI, then that particular warning is removed.

I am able to "exit to loader prompt" from the initial menu, but I cannot (that
I know of) run /stand/sysinstall to begin the installation from here.

Booting in Safe Mode and Single User Mode fail similarly.

What should I do to properly install FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE?

The PC is an older Gateway Essential, with a Pentium III chip in it. It has
Windows 2000 currently installed on a separate partition.

Thanks,
Nick

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[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 04:37:15PM -0500, Nick wrote:

>
> I am attempting to upgrade my system from 4.9 to 5.3-RELEASE. I removed my
> 4.9 partition using /stand/sysinstall. Next, I booted from the mininstall CD,
> and a menu with the beastie and seven boot options is presented. When I
> attempt any of the boot options, it gives errors and warns me of an "Automatic
> reboot in 15 seconds".
>
> The lines leading up to this warning are:
> ***
> ep0: eeprom failed ot come ready.
> ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6)
> panic: resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy
> Uptime: 1s
> Shutting down ACPI
> ****
>
> If I choose too boot without ACPI, then that particular warning is removed.

OK, so can't you just do this? Many older systems do not support ACPI
properly (i.e. they only support it to the level required to run
windows), so you just need to disable it to run FreeBSD on them.

Kris

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[Simon Barner]

Hi,

try disabling ACPI in your BIOS.

Simon

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[Nick]

>>If I choose too boot without ACPI, then that
>>particular warning is removed.

> OK, so can't you just do this? Many older
> systems do not support ACPI<br>properly (i.e. they only support it to the
> level required to run windows), so you just need to disable it to run FreeBSD
> on them.

When I said "that particular warning is removed" I meant that the ACPI warning
is removed; the other errors are still there and it still does not continue
on into the configuration/installation menus.

So it continues and prompts me that the computer will be automatically rebooted.
nick




On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 04:37:15PM -0500, Nick wrote:<br>> <br>> I am attempting
to upgrade my system from 4.9 to 5.3-RELEASE. I removed my<br>> 4.9 partition
using /stand/sysinstall. Next, I booted from the mininstall CD, <br>> and a menu
with the beastie and seven boot options is presented. When I <br>> attempt any of
the boot options, it gives errors and warns me of an "Automatic <br>> reboot in
15 seconds". <br>> <br>> The lines leading up to this warning are:<br>> ***<br>>
ep0: eeprom failed ot come ready.<br>> ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6)<br>> panic:
resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy<br>> Uptime: 1s<br>> Shutting
down ACPI<br>> ****<br>> <br>> If I choose too boot without ACPI, then that
particular warning is removed. <br><br>OK, so can't you just do this? Many older
systems do not support ACPI<br>properly (i.e. they only support it to the level
required to run<br>windows), so you just need to disable it to run FreeBSD on
them.<br><br>Kris<br>Attachment: Attachment (0.19KB)<br>

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[Nick]

I just realized that I broke the thread. For continuity's sake, here is my
post, again:

>>If I choose too boot without ACPI, then that
>>particular warning is removed.

> OK, so can't you just do this? Many older
> systems do not support ACPI<br>properly (i.e. they only support it to the
> level required to run windows), so you just need to disable it to run FreeBSD
> on them.

When I said "that particular warning is removed" I meant that the ACPI warning
is removed; the other errors are still there and it still does not continue
on into the configuration/installation menus.

So it continues and prompts me that the computer will be automatically rebooted.
nick




--- On Tue 02/22, Kris Kennaway < [email]kris@obsecurity.org[/email] > wrote:
From: Kris Kennaway [mailto: [email]kris@obsecurity.org[/email]]
To: [email]sundog2000@excite.com[/email]
Cc: [email]freebsd-questions@freebsd.org[/email]
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:46:55 -0800
Subject: Re: Error installing 5.3-release before sysinstall

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 04:37:15PM -0500, Nick wrote:<br>> <br>> I am attempting
to upgrade my system from 4.9 to 5.3-RELEASE. I removed my<br>> 4.9 partition
using /stand/sysinstall. Next, I booted from the mininstall CD, <br>> and a
menu with the beastie and seven boot options is presented. When I <br>> attempt
any of the boot options, it gives errors and warns me of an "Automatic <br>>
reboot in 15 seconds". <br>> <br>> The lines leading up to this warning
are:<br>> ***<br>> ep0: eeprom failed ot come ready.<br>> ep0: ep_alloc()
failed! (6)<br>> panic: resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy<br>>
Uptime: 1s<br>> Shutting down ACPI<br>> ****<br>> <br>> If I choose too boot
without ACPI, then that particular warning is removed. <br><br>OK, so can't you
just do this? Many older systems do not support ACPI<br>properly (i.e. they
only support it to the level required to run<br>windows), so you just need to
disable it to run FreeBSD on them.<br><br>Kris<br>Attachment: Attachment
(0.19KB)<br>


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