Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:29:22 +0100 From: robert w hall <bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd 2.2.5 kernel on cyrix 686 M2-MMX cpu Message-ID: <iBobHDAyZ9H1Ewh2@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329225239.23543V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug As you'll find a few days down your pile, I've now tried it on a boot floppy and get the same crash diagnostic (same address too I think) System boots up Slackware 3.3 ok though.. Bob Hall In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329225239.23543V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> writes >On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, robert w hall wrote: > >> Doug >> Thanks for reply - obscurity of my message is in part due to there being >> one previous (to Walnut Creek & questions@freebsd) which obviously >> hasn't got to you yet. >> >> I'm trying to get the new 2.2.5 kernel up on my Cyrix 686 M2-MMX box (VX >> Pro motherboard, 40MB DRAM (8Mb fast page, 32Mb EDO), Miro 12PD SVGA >> card, NE2000 clone card, titchy 130MB IDE drive) . This is networked to >> an AMD 486 server, which has the big disk, CDROM and floppy. Both >> systems run Linux Slackware (2.0.30 kernel) under NFS. The 486 has Win >> 95, and a small FreeBSD 2.2.5 system, downloaded from the net. The Cyrix >> has Win.3.11/Dos 6.2 and just a little spare space (40MB?). > >okay. 40MB is really, really tight; You have to delete libraries and >/usr/include from the EHShell or else you'll run out of space. (As you >might guess I did this :) ) > >> I now have the walnutcreek 4-disk set for 2.2.5 and so moved the >> components of the install directory, namely install.bat, fbsdboot.exe >> and kernel (2.88meg!) on to the cyrix hard-disk. after some fiddling >> with the DOS memory manager (esp enabling EMS), the nearest I've got to >> the kernel coming up is:- > >I don't believe that's correct.... > >immedately: > >> Fatal trap 9:general protection fault while in kernel mode > >> If I bring across the hard disk from the 486, and install the boot >> manager (using bootinst.exe) to run the resident system I still end up >> with no joy (despite the fact that this system comes up ok on the 486), >> and the same (in all detail I think) error message. >> >> I have NOT tried bringing across the floppy drive and using a boot >> floppy (or rather I have but the drive wouldn't come up properly - cable >> problem?) - to do the job properly I'll have to start pulling nasty >> (=long, lots of mating force needed) VLB cards out of my 486 >> motherboard! and I'd rather not bother until I've got some reassurance >> that >> a) the system comes up cleanly on this cpu/motherboard (686/VX Pro) >> combination and that >> b) there isn't a work-around. > >Please try this. fbsdboot may not be happy. If it blows up on the boot >floppy then we may have a real bug. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > -- robert w hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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