Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:30:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Boot Help - I've Gotten Myself Into Quite A Mess! Message-ID: <20020413172803.M46303-100000@serv1.wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <00ca01c1e32f$213034e0$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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Do you have the 2nd CD from 4.5? you may be able to boot it and get enough functionality to find out if your all caps is a bad keyboard or screwy BIOS. Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I was recently given an old Pentium 133 and motherboard so I decided > to replace my 486. I shutdown, opened the case, replaced the > motherboard, and tried to reboot. Well, DUH! My kernel is compiled > for a 486 and thus it panics because it finds the Pentium. See below: > > Booting [kernel]... > Copyright (c) 1992-2002 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, > 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #0: Fri Apr 12 08:31:42 PDT 2002 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193311 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 132968853 Hz > CPU: Pentium/P54C (Unknown-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52b Stepping = 11 > Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> > panic: CPU class not configured > Uptime: 0s > > I've kept the generic kernel around and expect I should be able to > boot from it. However, I can't load it at the command prompt as it > says it can't find it. But ls shows it. Here's some output: > > ok LS > / > d dev > d usr > d stand > d etc > d cdrom > d proc > d bin > d boot > d mnt > d modules > d root > d sbin > d tmp > l var > l sys > kernel > .profile > COPYRIGHT > kernel.GENERIC > .cshrc > l compat > l home > kernel.old > d modules.old > .cshrc.old > > ok LOAD KERNEL.GENERIC > can't find 'KERNEL.GENERIC' > > Is the problem because everything is in all caps? I have pressed the > caps lock key but it makes no difference. It's in all caps all the > time. > > How can I get out of this mess short of replacing the 486 board or > rebuilding from scratch? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > 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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