From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 08:35:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DA816A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:35:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C59343D3F for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:35:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 20053 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2003 16:35:33 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 22 Dec 2003 16:35:33 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBMGZUM0045971; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:35:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <122120030019.15135.4953@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:35:31 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsduser@comcast.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Boot floppy panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:35:36 -0000 On 21-Dec-2003 freebsduser@comcast.net wrote: > Trying to use the boot floppies kern.flp and mfsroot.flp on an Opteron 246 with an Asus SK8N > mobo, 1 gb dual channel memory and such. After inserting the MFS root it seems to scoot along > fine until.... > > Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode > instruction pointer = 0x58:0x207c > stack pointer = 0x10:0xf80 > frame pointer = 0x10:0x0 > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 0, gran 0 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 > current process = 0 (swapper) > trap number = 9 > panic: general protection fault > Uptime: 1s Died in the BIOS. 5.x definitely has grown some kind of bug for the bios32() stuff. I get this type of panic on Intel 845 adn 865 motherboards if ACPI is disabled when the kernel tries to enumerate PnPBIOS devices. Using an install CD which has a full kernel and includes acpi.ko might work. Alternatively, you could try using FreeBSD 5.2/amd64 to run FreeBSD as a native 64-bit OS. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/