From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 22:37:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2BE16A41C for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from shands@phirebird.net) Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9446443D48 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:37:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from shands@phirebird.net) Received: from aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20050621223730.HTCS481.mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:37:30 +0100 Received: from phirebird.net ([81.97.173.20]) by aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with SMTP id <20050621223730.OBLL14072.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@phirebird.net> for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:37:30 +0100 Received: from phobos ([192.168.0.45]) by phirebird.net with SMTP (NetNow!/5.0.0.1142) id PHRB45998F550 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:37:57 +0100 From: "SHands" To: Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:37:57 +0100 Message-ID: <000001c576b1$df536280$2d00a8c0@phobos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Hops: 1 Subject: RE: 5.4 Installation Problems on Dell GX280 - Fatal trap 12 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:37:32 -0000 I've had a nightmare trying to get 5.4 (also tried 5.3) to work on a Dell GX280 - which had exactly the same problem. In the end, I ended up using a serial link to get the install done and then got inetd setup so that I could troubleshoot over the network. This didn't help long term as the keyboard didn't work once I'd restarted after finishing the install. I stumbled on this script which seemed to do the trick: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-October/022771 .html I used telnet to get at rc.conf - but there probably are other better ways. It seems a shame that Dell (and other manufacturers) are phasing out old 'legacy' hardware like the good ol' PS/2 ports. It's just a good job that they didn't kill the serial port on this particular machine! (yet) Hope this helps, Stuart -----Original Message----- From: John Vaughan [mailto:jjvaughan@gmail.com] Sent: 21 June 2005 22:10 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 5.4 Installation Problems on Dell GX280 - Fatal trap 12 I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 on a Dell GX280 and am getting a Fatal trap 12 supervisor write, page not present error. From what I've read, this is an ACPI problem which I could disable if I had a PS2 port, but the GX280 doesn't have them. Has anyone gotten 5.4 to run properly on a GX280 using option 7 to boot with usb keyboard? -John