From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 13 21:54:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DB0616A41F for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:54:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091BE43D46 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:54:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.204] ([192.168.254.204]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9DLs23s079216; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:54:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <434ED779.7020300@samsco.org> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:54:01 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050615 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Dekkers References: <20051013175249.804CB16A454@hub.freebsd.org> <434EB5E6.7020109@kelleycows.com> <434EBB4C.8030609@surfnet.nl> <434EC385.8020100@kelleycows.com> <434EC813.60409@samsco.org> <434ED5A2.7090405@surfnet.nl> In-Reply-To: <434ED5A2.7090405@surfnet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: Christopher Kelley , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 available X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:54:05 -0000 Paul Dekkers wrote: > Scott, > > Scott Long wrote: > >> Christopher Kelley wrote: >> >>> Paul Dekkers wrote: >>> >>>> Christopher Kelley wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am having a problem installing 6-RC1, that I am wondering if this >>>>> will also fix. It starts to copy from the CD drive, then pretty >>>>> quickly I get; >>>>> >>>>> panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: c641e000 >>>>> Uptime: 1m44s >>>>> Cannot dump. No dump device defined. >>>>> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to >>>>> abort. >>>>> >>>>> This is a straight install, I'm not running under VMWare (and I >>>>> haven't actually a clue what QEMU is), but I don't know if this is >>>>> something that might be related. The addr is different each time. >>>>> >>>>> This is my "beater" machine, an old P233/mmx with only 96megs, but >>>>> I've successfully installed various 5.x versions, windows, etc on >>>>> this machine. I've even in the past successfully cvsup'd from 5.4 >>>>> to 6, just to see if it would work. >>>> >>>> >>>> FWIW, I just experienced the same with a straight install on a Dell >>>> PE 1300, a PIII-500. >>>> It was half way through copying the "bin" set. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> BTW, Probably unrelated: I had to disable apic in order to boot (I'm >>>> on the latest BIOS, A12) and ACPI disabled itself. >>> >>> >>> Heh, ever get a new idea right after you press "enter" to send a >>> message? I *DID* get it to work, by going into the BIOS and >>> disabling UDMA access for both master and slave on the secondary IDE >>> controller (the CDROM is on the secondary master, nothing on the >>> secondary slave). I left the UDMA on for the primary IDE controller >>> (where the hard drive is). >>> >>> So that's weird. Because I didn't have do that to install 5.x or >>> Windows 98. I guess it won't affect anything, I don't think CDROMs >>> are UDMA anyways. >>> >>> Christopher >> >> >> There is a candidate fix for all of these 'panic while copying files off >> the CD' problems. I've tested it successfully under Qemu since it >> happens most often there and in VMWare, but there is no reason why it >> shouldn't also happen on real hardware. So, for those with some to >> test, please go to ftp://ftp.freebs.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots and >> download the ISO there and install it. Then let me know ASAP whether >> it helps or not. > > > It helps; the 13 October snapshot installs just fine. > > Paul > > P.S. Unlike Christopher I have no UDMA settings in the BIOS, and > hw.ata.ata_dma=0 didn't do it for me, so this fix is certainly welcome :-) > > Yeah, twiddling UDMA just changes the timing, it doesn't actually fix the bug. Scott