Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:16:07 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX halts installing 5.x Message-ID: <20031202181607.GA59300@DellBSD.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <20031202171118.GB29628@tcbug.org> References: <20031202171118.GB29628@tcbug.org>
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On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 11:11:18AM -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 512K cache > system and I am getting the following error: > > CD Loader 1.01 <SNIP> > BTX halted > <SNIP booting 4.9 cd works 5.anything doesn't> > Intel PR440FX Mainboard > Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 512K Cache CPUs > Intel EtherExpress Pro LAN adapter > Adaptec 7880 SCSI controller I have the above running 5.1-CURRENT, but I got there with a source upgrade from 4.8. Works fine. > 4.3 gig IBM Wide SCSI-2 Disks I'm not actually using the SCSI controller. I, instead, have a Promise IDE RAID controller. The disks are fast enough for the CPU. > I've tried a couple different video cards, Cirrus Logis and SIS PCI > 320 Megs of Registered ECC SDRAM ATI Rage video and I'm currently down to 128MB 50ns ECC EDO (SDRAM)? RAM. I was getting random failures and the BIOS had logged some ECC evevents on the 64MB stick. I also have a : bt0: BT-948 FW Rev. 5.06I Ultra Narrow SCSI Host Adapter to run the : sa0: <HP C1533A A612> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device My Adaptec controller is completely idle. > I've tried googling for a solution for this as well as perused the > -CURRENT archives and haven't seen anything relevent to this issue. If you don't get it resolved, I can try booting a 5.x install cd on it's twin brother, 1 CPU, no Promise, no BT-948, which is sitting unpowered at the house, before I scavenge the RAM for this box. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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