Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:46:28 +0000 (GMT+00:00) From: auto228677@hushmail.com To: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Fw: Panic on install - page fault syncing discs - 4.1-release Message-ID: <200105090148.SAA14693@user8.hushmail.com>
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--Hushpart_boundary_sCaUVbsxRWnnXGdwOqkMPdYCGlrKUimt Content-type: text/plain At Wed, 9 May 2001 01:07:50 +0100, "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> wrote: Once again, this appears similar to the problem I'm experiencing when installing 4.2-RELEASE. Installing FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE works fine for me, probably because of the wd driver. My error is almost identical to yours, with the exception that instead of "page fault" I get "ffs_clusteralloc: map mismatch". I suspect it has something to do with the ata driver used in 4.x. Maybe it's broken. I dunno... haven't received any feedback at all. This really sucks. > >Anyone got any ideas on this? please? I'll smile sweetly if you do :+) > >If anyone could just point me in a broad direction about what could >be wrong then I'd be >hugely grateful....or if there's a better place I could go for help >on this, again, please >let me know. > >Cheers, >Mark > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> >To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:35 AM >Subject: Panic on install - page fault syncing discs - 4.1-release > >> Bit of a newbie question I guess, been using FreeBSD for a while as >a mysql/php/apache >> webserver and samba fileserver, without problems, but having just >changed out the >> motherboard (and a few other bits due to a nasty power spike or power >suppy going crazy, >> still not sure what) on the computer I use it on, I'm having "a few >problems". I'm >> attempting to re-install from a FreeBSD 4.1-release CDROM (would download >and try >> 4.3-release but I only have a 56k modem net connection, and downloading >the last one >took >> me 45 hours :-) ), and am having a number of problems. >> >> Brief description of problem: >> 6.5GB ATA33 IBM HDD, on Biostar M7MIA mobo including the VIA IDE controller >identified >by >> the boot process as a "VIA 82C686 ATA66 Controller". Full spec included >below. >> >> Hard drive partitioned as 4.5GB Win2K/FAT32 partition, rest empty >awaiting a FreeBSD >> install. I've checked out the hard drive with the IBM disk testing >utility and all tests >> passed fine (I've even tried doing a "low" level format on it using >the IBM wipe >utility, >> to >> no avail), also windows 2000 installed without problem. >> >> Anyway, I have been booting from install CD, set up kernel as usual >knocking out all the >> unused hardware and sorting out any conflicts. Picked express setup, > created a FreeBSD >> partition, sliced it as per my requirements (100MB root, 260MB swap, > 300MB /var, and the >> rest for /usr), picked the minimal distribution (althoguh picking >any of the others has >> the same/similar effect), install begins. This is all much as I've >done before with no >> problems before the new motherboard & hard drive re-format. >> >> At a seemingly random point while either extracting/installing the >distribution, or >while >> the "Remaking all devices.. Please Wait!" message is on screen shortly >thereafter, the >> computer pauses for a fair time (probably around two to five minutes, > not always the >same >> though) then displays the messages... >> >> panic: page fault syncing discs... 374 374 374 374 374 374 (repeat >374 a total of 20 >> times) >> giving up on 328 buffers >> Uptime: (whatever) >> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds.... >> >> I've a strong suspicion this is related to the hard drive controller, > althoguh I've not >> been able to find any problems reported anywhere around the net with >it, so that >> assumption could be wrong. >> >> Also, on one occasion while trying to install, it did manage to complete >the install, >and >> it rebooted successfully once, but after a few minutes of use I had >a "read command >> timeout" error, followed by a seemingly endless loop of the OS reseting >the drive >> controller then it failing again, reseting again, failing again, and >so on, only solved >by >> a hard reset. On restarting FreeBSD wouldn't even boot, crashing out >with a "BTX halted" >> error and a load of hex (which I'm afraid I didn't think to note down, > there was a lot >of >> it) and no error codes or messages aside from this. >> >> I've included the full spec of the machine below. >> >> I'm tearing my hair out here, and if anyone has any ideas or has seen >something similar >to >> this before and can point me in the right direction, I'd be hugely >grateful. >> >> Hope I've included all the information possible here, but if not, >please let me know and >> i'll check it out. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark >> >> Machine Spec: >> Biostar M7MIA motherboard, using AMD760 north bridge and VIA KT133 >(i think) south >bridge >> 128MB DDR PC2100 memory (under-clocked at 100/200MHz to match FSB >of processor) >> AMD Duron 750MHz CPU >> IBM Deskstar 6.5GB ATA33 Hard Disk Drive (partitioned as 4.5GB FAT32 >Win2K, rest >FreeBSD) >> SMC 1211TX-WL 10/100 WOL NIC >> ATI Radeon VE 32MB DDR Graphics >> 12x ARTEC DVDROM >> 3.5" floppy drive, 1.44MB (wow) > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com --Hushpart_boundary_sCaUVbsxRWnnXGdwOqkMPdYCGlrKUimt-- IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are not using HushMail, this message could have been read easily by the many people who have access to your open personal email messages. 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