Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:29:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Zingelman <zingelman@fnal.gov> Cc: hansot@iae.nl, re@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation issues with 4.6.1 RC2 Message-ID: <XFMail.20020724082939.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0207231659290.19738-100000@nova.fnal.gov>
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On 23-Jul-2002 Tim Zingelman wrote: > Hans Ottevanger wrote: > >> Unable to copy /kernel into place. >> >> On VTY2 the following messages is displayed: >> >> pid 120 (cp), uid 0: exited on signal 4 (core dumped) >> Illegal instruction - core dumped >> >> Most commands given in the shell on VTY4 (e.g. ls, df, mount, ...) show >> the same error message. >> >> I have a strong feeling that this has to do with the fact that these >> systems have an i586 architecture, in contrast with the Celeron that has >> an i686 architecture. But of course it could be something completely >> different... >> >> Has anybody else tried the installation on an i586 based system ? > > Yes. On a pentium 100 I got the same thing with an ftp install after > booting from the 4.6.1 RC2 cdrom (the install direct from the cdrom also > failed, with different symptoms). > > Is it possible that 4.6.1 RC2 was somehow built without i586 support? It might have been built with -march=i686 which would cause this. Building with -mcpu=i686 might not be a bad idea, but -march=i686 will generate code that doesn't work on a 586 or lower. Murray? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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