Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 20:17:17 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans <lee@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'fatal trap 12' on boot (smp and up) Message-ID: <19980630201717.09849@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> In-Reply-To: <199806302138.RAA05124@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>; from Bill Paul on Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 05:38:04PM -0400 References: <199806281653.JAA19780@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199806302138.RAA05124@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 05:38:04PM -0400, Bill Paul wrote: > I don't know if this is something to do with the BIOS or something > peculiar about how the x86 CPUs work, but with these three bytes, > it loads the FreeBSD boot floppy fine. I'm sure Bruce Evans will > jump in eventually to explain everything, except why nobody thought > to do this in the first place. It sounds like the BIOS to me; this is the first time I've ever seen a PC that checks for a short jump and a NOP at the beginning of sector 0. What kind of BIOS is this? (and does that FCC certification sticker have an ID on it? YOu can find the manufacturer using that, get the first 3 chars and go to http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD+++^ri P&B++ SL+++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac/95/96 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | lcremean@tidalwave.net FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://st-lcremean.tidalwave.net/~lee | finger me for geek code To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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