From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 15:29:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0BA16A4A0 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:29:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martster@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B682243DEA for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:27:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martster@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so236372wxd for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:26:55 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=T8shfqUXblaYiQ5nxoKhpKwyiPsSlwvOmNvhixq2mBT3wwpUfSb8C2PbxegRDeaaUoojok7DsbHVbwSI5AC2RovHV+CmrDA/VF63Di2vdpKI3WEOy2ZaTMQVrs9Uk6yjl8LsH+Vw3Doj0YigqQIK27FIcqk85ZANiHSQsBf+DFs= Received: by 10.70.47.19 with SMTP id u19mr885164wxu; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:26:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.117.8 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:26:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70063950609270826l35f7d310s63417deaf268060a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:26:54 -0400 From: "Marty Landman" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <70063950609270820p4f104d71gae306bdf3de98ddb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <70063950609270820p4f104d71gae306bdf3de98ddb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: intermittent boot problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:29:16 -0000 Sorry there's a bit more info available for my problem: $ dmesg | grep dc0 dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0x40900000-0x409000ff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: on dc0 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:3e:9b dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbdc0: at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 fdc0: at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state $ On 9/27/06, Marty Landman wrote: > > I've got a new FBSD 5.3 release install on an old Compaq pII-233 w/ 128M > ram. What I get when the boot fails is > > "tx underrun -- using store and forward mode" > > repeating infinitely. > > Now that a reboot has succeeded here's what dmesg shows for dc0: > > dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0x1400-0x14ff mem > 0x40900000-0x409000ff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0 > miibus0: on dc0 > lxtphy0: on miibus0 > lxtphy0: 100baseFX, 100baseFX-FDX, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, > 100baseTX-FDX, auto > dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:3e:9b > dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant > dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > > Any idea on what is going wrong and how I can fix it? > > > Marty > > -- > Web Installed Formmail - http://face2interface.com/formINSTal/ > Webmaster's BBS - http://bbs.face2interface.com/ -- Web Installed Formmail - http://face2interface.com/formINSTal/ Webmaster's BBS - http://bbs.face2interface.com/