Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:25:04 -0700 From: Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: Paul Dekkers <Paul.Dekkers@surfnet.nl>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 available Message-ID: <434EDEC0.8000109@kelleycows.com> In-Reply-To: <434EC813.60409@samsco.org> References: <20051013175249.804CB16A454@hub.freebsd.org> <434EB5E6.7020109@kelleycows.com> <434EBB4C.8030609@surfnet.nl> <434EC385.8020100@kelleycows.com> <434EC813.60409@samsco.org>
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Scott Long wrote: > Christopher Kelley wrote: > >> Paul Dekkers wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> 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. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > (Sorry Scott, you'll get two copies of this, I forgot to reply all) Yes, success here also, with UDMA set to on for both controllers in my BIOS. Thanks!
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