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From: Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL <jont@mpce.mq.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: 3.1R install/multiboot problem
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:05:29 +1100 (EST)
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I originally wrote:
 
> System: Dell OptiPlex GXpro
> 
> disks:
> 	wd0: Quantum 3GB, two NTFS partitions, the first bootable
> 	wd1: Quantum 516MB, 1 freebsd partition
> 
> install using floppies and ftp (ftp.au.freebsd.org)
> 
> 'novice' install appears to complete successfully
> 
> on boot I get two options
> 
> "F1     ??"
> "F5     disk1"
> 
> "Default F1:"
> 
> selecting F1 boots NT successfully
> selecting F5 bring up a new menu
> 
> "F1     FreeBSD"
> "F5     disk0"
> 
> "Default F1:"
> 
> selecting F1 almost immediately results in a dump of the registers and
> the message "system halted".
> [ The screen hasn't been cleared, or scrolled by messages about device
> probing, the problem is early on. ]
> 
> Any suggestions as to whats wrong and how to fix it ?

I received the following response:

> There've been a couple of compatibility problems corrected in the
> boot code since 3.1-RELEASE; but we'd need the actual register
> dump to tell whether this is a problem that's been fixed or needs
> fixing.

The detailed register dump is as follows

int = 0000000e    err = 00000006   efl = 00010203    eip = 00002003
eax = 00000002    ebx = 00000000   ecx = 0000a000    edx = 00000000
esi = 00000000    edi = 00000000   ebp = 00094bf8    esp = 00094bec

cs = 002b   ds = 0033   fs = 0033   gs = 0033   ss = 0033

cs:eip = 00 ... 00

ss:esp: df 10 00 00 12 00 ... 00

> Any suggestions as to whats wrong and how to fix it ?

TIA
- JonT


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