Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:11:10 +0100 From: phk@phk.freebsd.dk To: Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org> Cc: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ? Message-ID: <5737.1046347870@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:35:13 EST." <20030227052926.G28626-100000@iguana.reptiles.org>
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In message <20030227052926.G28626-100000@iguana.reptiles.org>, Geoffrey writes: >On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Juli Mallett wrote: > >> * De: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [ Data: 2003-02-27 ] >> [ Subjecte: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ? ] >> > Yup. 386dx - 33Mhz. Results below: >> > >> > Loaded kern.flp, mfsroot.flp, prompted for boot, then core dumped >> > as follows: >> >> Was this normal release? I thought I recalled a convo resulting in >> the decision that 386 would require special release bits? > > Yes, it was from release floppies written a couple of weeks ago. >In fairness, it might not like my scsi host adapter (Adaptec 1542CF). Or >there may be an issue with the size of the drive (HP C2490 - 2 GB). The >bios only supports one controller so fitting enough IDE drives for src, >obj, usr and swap wasn't an option. You need to recompile a kernel where you explicitly add support for the i386 cpu. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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