Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 06:47:14 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting 3.x from CD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001050615440.2663-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <200001050716.XAA00673@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > >> Don't have a spare floppy to put on it. I can (and did) boot 2.2.8 on it > > >> tho. > > > > > > Er. It'd be _really_ nice if you could make just a little effort to help > > > us out here. > > > > You're saying I should maybe take the e-commerce server down or some other > > mission critical machine to take a drive out of it? If you don't want to > > help, don't answer. It's not like it'd be really that different from other > > problems I've had. > > Uh. A floppy drive costs about $15, including tax. What's your time > worth? What's a speedy resolution to this problem worth? Helping me > helps you. Refusing to help me hurts you, me, and everyone else that > ends up in your position. Yeah, about $15. On a Sunday of a holiday weekend. Sorry there wasn't a computer store open for 20-30 miles from me. Since I use floppies so rarely, I don't happen to keep a stock of them - maybe you do, but I don't. I can count on one hand how many times I've used a floppy in the last year. > > > >> Here's the register dump: > > >> > > >> int=0000000e err=00000000 efl=00010046 eip=00009548 > > >> eax=c05b302d ebx=c05bafa4 ecx=00008c08 edx=00000002 > > >> esi=c05bb000 edi=00001933 ebp=00000000 esp=0c5baf94 > > >> cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 > > >> cs:eip=ac c8 31 00 00 00 fe c9-74 0c b0 2d 80 f9 08 74 > > >> ss:esp=10 00 00 00 d8 96 00 00-18 92 00 00 00 18 00 00 > > >> System halted > > > > > > Interesting. Can you tell me _exactly_ what it's output leading up to > > > the dump? Can you hit the spacebar when the twiddly thing pauses briefly > > > and get the boot: prompt? If you can, tell me what it prints, and then > > > hit Enter. > > > > \boot.config:-P > > Keyboard: yes > > > > >> Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > > > > boot: > > - > > BTX Loader 1.00 BTX Version is 1.01 > > Console: internal video/keyboard > > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > > BIOS drive B: is disk1 > > BIOS drive C: is disk2 > > BIOS drive C: is disk3 <-- This does seem odd, but that's what it says. > > > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 640/31744kB > > (jkh@cathair, Tue May 18 03:22:02 GMT 1999) > > > > Hit [Enter] to boot... <-- at this time I also hit space to catch up writing > > > > Type '?' for a list... > > disk0s4a:> boot > > /kernel text=0x1a064a data=0x2ec430+0x1f318 / > > > > Then comes the register dump I typed in in the last message. > > Ack. At this point in time, we're stumped. It looks like you're > trying to install 3.1 here, but the code sequence that you're running > doesn't actually exist in the 3.1-RELEASE loader. If you boot this > particular CDROM, does it always die at _exactly_ the same place? 3.2 and 3.3. CD #1 of 3.3 won't boot so I had to use CD #2, but both 1 and 2 of 3.2 and 2 of 3.3 all gave the same result. > > The avenues for code corruption are: > > - bad CDROM (will always be the same error) > - bad memory (may vary locations, etc.) > - bad CD drive/cabling/controller (may vary locations) > > It's hard for it to be a code/BIOS bug, as in the 3.1-vintage loader > IIRC the BTX page (where the crash is) is write-protected. > > > > Please, always be as verbose as possible with your problem reports. > > > Nobody enjoys squeezing blood from a stone, and it drastically reduces > > > your chances of getting a useful answer. > > > > There's not much there to give. It's not like it's failing after it > > probes a device. If it was I wouldn't have to put up with comments like > > these, I could figure it out myself. Believe me, asking questions on > > these lists is the least desirable thing I ever have to do with FreeBSD. > > The information you've provided this time around could easily have been > provided in the first message, and it would have made the whole > experience so much less painful and frustrating for all of us. Is it > that hard to help us to help you? The first message was a "I'm trying to boot 3.x from CD on an Abit TX5 and it's giving a register dump during boot. Has anyone else had a problem with this hardware combination?" There could very well have been a problem with 3.2 and/or 3.3 and the TX5 that was fixed at some time. Ver 3 has been considered stable for a year now, with standard hardware there's a good chance that any bugs were known about and either fixed or a workaround was known. A response of "nothing we know about, how about some more info" would have made more sense than crabbing about how cheap floppy drives are. If I can get out of here at a decent hour today I'll stop and get one and try it. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net 128K ISDN: $24.95/mo or less - 56K Dialup: $17.95/mo or less at Pop4 Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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