From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 12:12:34 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 D044916A41F for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:12:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5232A43D45 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:12:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from frontend1.internal (mysql-sessions.internal [10.202.2.149]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF5BD2E81C; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:12:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from web1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.210]) by frontend1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:12:33 -0500 Received: by web1.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id D1C23C168; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:12:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1135944753.3130.250777462@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: mFqPSCq5sc7tCbFLSfDdKCLYnyoYxzgl6gPdih6e6YRa 1135944753 From: "Jud" To: "Daniel Goldberg" , "freebsd-questions" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.5 (F2.73; T1.15; A1.64; B3.05; Q3.03) References: <000001c60d09$1c0cde70$c5ddfea9@storyopom7s0ow> In-Reply-To: <000001c60d09$1c0cde70$c5ddfea9@storyopom7s0ow> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:12:33 -0500 Cc: Subject: Re: booting off 6.0 cdrom for Install 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: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:12:34 -0000 On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:20:15 -0600, "Daniel Goldberg" said: > I have created a "FreeBSD_Install" cdrom from the > 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso download. > When I boot from the cd I reach a 6-option Boot menu but do not get to > the Install menu described in 2.3.1 of the Handbook. > > Note: If I do try to boot, the boot process itself seems to fail with a > "Cannot dump: no dump device defined" following a "Fatal trap 12 page > fault while in kernel mode"- in case that illustrates anything, and > that's boot attempts with or without APCI. A dump device is a place to put information about problems so that you can debug them. It's not what's preventing you from getting to the Install menu. The kernel panic - "Fatal trap 12 page fault while in kernel mode" - is what's doing that. Re kernel panic, see generally . I don't have the technical proficiency to help you further re the panic - hopefully someone else on the list might be able to do that. I'll try to suggest some possible workarounds, though: 1) See if the most recent -STABLE snapshot (obtained via FTP, probably the same place you downloaded the 6.0-RELEASE iso from) likes your laptop better than the release iso. 2) Check system hardware, particularly memory, for trouble. > So the basic question is: > Is the install process supposed to be as simple as: > A create a primary FAT32 partition > B boot your machine from the FreeBSD_Install (DISK 1) cd > C follow the prompts through the install process Simpler than that, actually. The availability of disk space that can be made a primary partition is necessary, but FAT32 isn't. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Hope you get there. Jud