Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 14:44:34 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting 3.x from CD? Message-ID: <XFMail.000102144434.vev@michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <200001021924.LAA12016@mass.cdrom.com>
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On 02-Jan-00 Mike Smith wrote: >> >> I'm setting up a new machine. Nothing special, ABit TX5 with an intel >> 233, Paradise video card, 32MB ram (non-parity), 4GB Maxtor, an ATAPI >> 4X cdrom and a keyboard. That's it. No network, no mouse, not over >> clocked, nothing at all special. Both 3.2 and 3.3 CDs get to the data >> section and give a register dump and System halted at the bottom of the >> screen. > > Well, there's something wrong. > > (You can safely assume that in order to tell you what's wrong, you're > going to have to give us that register dump.) > > The chances are good, however, that your BIOS is doing something silly, > and you won't be able to boot FreeBSD off CDROM on that board. Can you > boot from floppy? Don't have a spare floppy to put on it. I can (and did) boot 2.2.8 on it tho. Here's the register dump: int=0000000e err=00000000 efl=00010046 eip=00009548 eax=c05b302d ebx=c05bafa4 ecx=00008c08 edx=00000002 esi=c05bb000 edi=00001933 ebp=00000000 esp=0c5baf94 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=ac c8 31 00 00 00 fe c9-74 0c b0 2d 80 f9 08 74 ss:esp=10 00 00 00 d8 96 00 00-18 92 00 00 00 18 00 00 System halted Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net 128K ISDN: $24.95/mo or less - 56K Dialup: $17.95/mo or less at Pop4 Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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