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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
>
>
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