Re: LiveCD Problems

[Adonijah <adonijah@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adonijah wrote:
> I've tried booting using the 'default', booting with 'ACPI' disabled, 
> and booting in 'safe mode'. Once the login prompt comes up a few seconds 
> later the system becomes unresponsive (i.e. pressing any keys including 
> numlock / capslock produces no response whatsoever).

Good news. I just tried the ISO posted at http://www.livebsd.com/dfly/ 
and it booted without any problems, I used the installer, exited it and 
rebooted the system and the installed system booted from the hard drive 
without any issues.

My Audigy 2 appears to work with a little kldload prompting, which 
leaves only two mysteries:

1) dmesg | less shows that DF thinks I don't have an ATA-66 cable or 
something of the like on my first IDE interface where my (only) hard 
drive is connected, I do have an ATA-133 rated cable, and the hard drive 
is an ATA-100 device.

2) I'm guessing there isn't any support for the integrated Realtek 8169 
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter I have. I have a 3com and Kingston network card 
laying around though that I can stick in, and I'm willing to take a stab 
at helping whomever get the integrated ethernet controller worker. I 
don't think I could write one myself, but I might be able to modify an 
existing driver to get it to work with the right advice.

I'm subscribed to the newsgroup, it is isn't necessary to CC me.

Thanks.