Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:43:11 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Krauth <stephenk@stephenk.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot install freebsd 6.0 Message-ID: <20060122170123.I76421@mephistopheles.killermartian.com> In-Reply-To: <20060119035829.GA61728@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060118194801.E22208@mephistopheles.killermartian.com> <20060119035829.GA61728@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 07:49:12PM -0800, Stephen Krauth wrote: >> I'm unable to even boot the FreeBSD 6.0 install CD (i386 version). I have >> an AMD64 with an Nvidia nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard (MSI K8N Neo >> Platinum), currently running 4.10-RELEASE. The 6.0 boot cd dies with: >> >> panic: pmap_mapdev: couldn't alloc kernel virtual memory >> >> This happens right after the agp0 load message. I tried disabling ACPI >> with no luck. >> >> Please help! I've been a FreeBSD user for almost 10 years and it would be >> disappointing to give up now... > > Did you > > a) Verify the checksum of your iso image, No but that's a good idea. I just checked the image and it's fine. I also did md5 checks between the image and the CD to see if it burned properly and all looks good. > and/or > > b) Try the amd64 version? No... I tried the amd64 version over a year ago (maybe 5.2 release?) and had loads of problems building ports. Since I use FreeBSD for my desktop machine, I depend on lots of them. It seems doubtful that all those ports now build without problems under amd64, but what do you think? - Steve K
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