From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 12 7:28:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web1302.mail.yahoo.com (web1302.mail.yahoo.com [128.11.23.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAE4E152AF for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:28:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ventrego@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <19991012143849.23405.rocketmail@web1302.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [63.27.24.58] by web1302.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:38:49 PDT Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:38:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Haensel Subject: apologies and kernel crashing question To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I do want to apologize for spamming the group w/an unsubscribing question previously. Somehow, majordomo@freebsd.org got blocked on my e-mail account, which is why I couldn't get any responses from it. :) However, as you may guess, this message also contains a question, or it would itself be spam! And we all hate spam... Is there any way to transfer the kernel from the install boot image to the hard drive? I have tried installing FreeBSD 3.1 and 3.3 on my computer, and both exhibit the same symptoms: Install runs perfectly, from CD or FTP or MS-DOS partition. This makes me think the problem is solvable. Except for a single hiccup mounting my CD-ROM distribution for installing, everything runs flawlessly for any installation I choose. Reboot, and the computer loads the kernel. Immediately afterwards (when the bright white FreeBSD info text would normally appear), it halts with this message: int=130001d5 err=c7000000 efl=04428b00 eip=01d57805 eax=01d56005 ebx=f689c3c9 ecx=c7085d8b edx=53e58955 esi=ffffcdd8 edi=e8e475ff ebp=658dc031 esp=5d01e845 cs=0000 ds=8f0f es=7d83 fs=ffff gs=00e4 ss=290c cs:eip = ff ff ff ff . . . (all ff's) ss:esp = ff ff ff ff . . . (all ff's) System Halted I have been tried adjusting my configuration in myriad ways, but nothing will convince this computer to boot. It always displays the same message. I would think it was impossible, but the computer is 100% rock-solid running from the install floppies or CDs. How can I fix this problem? Thanks - Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message