From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 19:46:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91F0916A41F; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:46:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mv.twc.weather.com (mv.twc.weather.com [65.212.71.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C89E43D1F; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:46:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [10.50.41.231] (Not Verified[65.202.103.25]) by mv.twc.weather.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6, 0, 3, 8) id ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:59:36 -0400 From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:43:10 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506211443.11882.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX halted during install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:46:07 -0000 On Tuesday 07 June 2005 03:29 pm, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > Hi, > > I bought new laptop; Panasonic Let's Note CF-R4 > (http://panasonic.jp/pc/products/r4g/index.html), and I'm trying to > install FreeBSD in it without any success. > The FreeBSD installer cannot boot at all, and it ends up with BTX > halted before loading kernel. Perhaps, it occurs during boot2 or > loader. However, I cannot look at output messages due to endless loop > of output. So, I cannot identify where it is actually. > I tried CD-ROM of 5.4-RELEASE, 5.3-RELEASE, 5.2-RELEASE, 4.11-RELEASE > and 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-i386-disc1.iso. I also tried boot.flp of > 5.4-RELEASE. > I tried several combination of available BIOS settings without any > success. > The installer of NetBSD 2.0.2 can boot just fine, though. > I'm embarrassed. How can I install FreeBSD into my new laptop? > > Sincerely, Hmm, well. First off, try disabling DMA for the hard drive and CD-ROM in the BIOS. Secondly, you can hack on btx to add a while (1) loop ('foo: jmp foo') and move it around to get it to stop looping after the first fault so you can capture the details. I can help you with that if you aren't familiar with x86 assembly. Once that is done, I can look at the fault details to try to figure out what your BIOS is doing that is making the machine unhappy. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org