From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 27 12:51:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5F11065677 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:51:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1740C8FC0A for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:51:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mARCpODt062602; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:51:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ABF4ABA8C; Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:51:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:51:24 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Rommel Tan Message-ID: <20081127125124.GA8902@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <574653.94484.qm@web56507.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <574653.94484.qm@web56507.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:51:27 -0000 --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 07:11:56PM -0800, Rommel Tan wrote: > questions@FreeBSD.org questions@FreeBSD.org > Dear Sir/Madam: > Pleasant day! > First of all, sorry if this enquiry shouldn=E2=80=99t be directed to you, > please help me direct to the right person.=20 The questions mailing list is OK. > Few months ago I=E2=80=99ve purchase a FreeBSD book which includes an > installation DVD for FreeBSD 6.1. I tried to install it in my Toshiba > Satellite, Intel Centrino with current Windows XP SP3 OS after doing > some partition. But, I=E2=80=99m stock with boot error; sorry I=E2=80=99m= very new to > this system; I tried to search for an answer but no to avail. > Here is the last part of the error: > ..... > Pci6: on pcib2 > Pci6: at device 2.0 (no driver attached) > Cbb0: eme 0x8007000-0xb8007fff irq 16 at device 4.0 = on pci6 > Cardbus0: on cbb0 > Pccard0: <16-bit PCCard> on cbb0 > Fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem 0xb8008000-0xb80087ff,= 0xb800000-0xb8003fff irq 18 at device 4.2 on pci6 > Fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=3D0) > Fwohci0: No. Of Isochronous channels is 4. > Fwohci0: EUI64 00:02:3f:58:69:40:a5:e6 > NMI ISA b0, EISA ff Have a look at the following line. It tells you what is wrong. > RAM parity error, likely hardware failure. Your Random Access Memory is broken. This is a hardware failure and not something that FreeBSD can fix. Try replacing the RAM modules. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkul8wACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU2dACdE9B2WOSegmq1SW0ovNio+WXS 46kAniiZbanJh23ogtvbBoJm2I/QoOdm =9rpB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt--