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Date:      Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:35:38 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Walter <wjontofs@berkom.de>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: can't boot/install freebsd from cdrom/floppy - serverworks g
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030113143538.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200301131711.25233.wjontofs@berkom.de>

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On 13-Jan-2003 Walter wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i've problems installing freebsd on System with ServerWorks GC SL -Chipset, 
> Pentium 4, LSI Logic MPT (53c1030) SCSI-Controller
> 
> 
> Booting with floppy kern.flp from 4.7-release, not even the bootstrap loader 
> works, then i tried from 5.0rc3 - i got 
> 
> fatal trap 10: trace trap while in vm86 mode
> instruction pointer=0xf000:0xf842
> stack pointer  = 0x0:0xff8
> frame pointer  = 0x0:0x0
> code segment   = base 0x0, linit 0x0, type 0x0
>                        = DPL 0, pres 0, def32 0, gran 0
> processor eflags = interupt enabled, vm86 IOPL = 0
> current process        = 0 ()
> trap number   = 10
> panic: trace trap
> Uptime: 1s
> 
> 
> I thought probably  a hardware failure,
>  but i tried to install Linux Redhat 8.0, without problems ?!
> 
> Any hints ?

You have a buggy BIOS it seems.  I'm not sure why you are getting
that kernel trap though.  That is a really weird trap.

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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