Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:00:40 +0000 From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 rebooting all the time Message-ID: <web-61163@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <auto-000065413293@admin.mwci.net> References: <auto-000065413293@admin.mwci.net>
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 22:49:38 -0500 "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> wrote: >> >> I just installed 6.1 on a new laptop (Dell XPS M1210). >>It has >> a 2Ghz Intel Core2 Duo processor and two gigs ram. Every >>time >> it gets to the part in the bootup where you have to type >>a >> bunch of random junk it goes into a reboot. It's not an >> abrupt reboot. FreeBSD does show it is initiating the >>reboot. >> This is the error that is reported right before the >>reboot happens: >> >> panic: driver error: busdma dflt_lock called >> cpuid = 1 >> Uptime: 12s >> Cannot dump. No dump device defined >> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds -b fe0: link state >>changed to DOWN >> >> Does anyone know what I can do at this point? >> _______________________________________________ > > google it up, plenty of resources, could be lots of >things. But first check your hardware: > > http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=busdma+dflt_lock&meta= > Being I do not have anything important on the laptop and have a complete image of the HD prior to installing FreeBSD, I decided to try loading 7.0-CURRENT from the ISO. It was a success. I have now CVSUP'd the sources and have completed a buildworld and buildkernel without any issues. I've also installed X and have KDE running. Thanks for your suggestion. I have looked at a number of things and will proceed down that path if I run into anything with 7.0.
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