Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 00:35:36 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Jon Nathan" <jon@rupture.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Solved - FWD: panic installing on dell poweredge 6450, 4cpu, 4gb Message-ID: <00f601c09b18$19043380$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102191000270.15419-100000@froody.rupture.net>
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Maybe the floppy controller can't dma to that high amount of ram. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jon Nathan > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:07 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Solved - FWD: panic installing on dell poweredge 6450, 4cpu, > 4gb > > > hi, > > i hate to follow up my own posts, but i solved my problem and thought > i'd share with the list. i only got one response, but someone might > find it useful at some point. > > the problem was that the installer kernel didn't like seeing 4gb of > memory. in the bios for the 6450 is a setting: "OS Install Mode". it > says that some os' have a tough time installing with > x mb of memory. > it limits the available memory to 256mb. as this was the symptom i > had, i enabled this bios setting and it installed cleanly. > > once the system was up, i cvsup'd and rebuilt and installed the world > and the kernel. after a few reboots, i disabled the "OS Install > Mode" and reenabled all 4gb of memory. the new kernel saw all 4gb of > memory with no problems. the machine has been up now for a full day > with no signs of crashing. > > so, my question - why does the install kernel panic? > > -jon > > -- > Jon Nathan > jon@rupture.net > http://www.rupture.net/~jon/ > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:07:01 -0500 (EST) > From: Jon Nathan <jon@rupture.net> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: panic installing on dell poweredge 6450, 4cpu, 4gb > > hi, > > i'm trying to install freebsd 4.2-release on a dell poweredge 6450. > it has 4 xeon cpus at 700mhz and 4gb of memory. my process is: > > boot off kern.flp > insert mfsroot.flp > wait 10 seconds > and i get: > > Fatal trap 12: pagefault in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0xbff11000 > fault code = supervisor write, page not present > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc02d3798 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xc0671f34 > frame pointer = 0x10:0xc0671f3c > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff,type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL=0 > current process = Idle > interrupt mask = net tty bio cam > trap number = 12 > panic: page fault > Uptime: 0s > > if i stop the autoboot of the kernel and do boot -v i get the same > fault. prior to that, i get: > > SMAP type=01 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=01 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=01 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=01 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > SMAP type=02 base=00000000 00000220 len = 00000000 00330000 > > i didn't copy all the actual addresses - too tedious. i'm also > assuming that there were 4 of the SMAP type=01 because they scrolled > off the screen and i couldn't retreive them. > > i know that 4.2 will run on a 6450 - i have it running on another one. > the other one though only has 2 x 550mhz xeons and 1gb of memory. > > they both have ami megaraid 1600 (dell calls them PERC/2 or soemthing) > cards with some disks off them. > > is it the fact that there are 4 cpus or 4gb of memory? i thought fbsd > could handle that. > > i also made brand new floppies - same result. > > any ideas? i don't want to have to run linux on this puppy 8-( > > thanks, > > -jon > > -- > Jon Nathan > jon@rupture.net > http://www.rupture.net/~jon/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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