Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:07:50 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: Panic on install - page fault syncing discs - 4.1-release Message-ID: <016501c0d81c$17132b30$0400a8c0@mark2>
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Anyone got any ideas on this? please? I'll smile sweetly if you do :+) If anyone could just point me in a broad direction about what could be wrong then I'd be hugely grateful....or if there's a better place I could go for help on this, again, please let me know. Cheers, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:35 AM Subject: Panic on install - page fault syncing discs - 4.1-release > Bit of a newbie question I guess, been using FreeBSD for a while as a mysql/php/apache > webserver and samba fileserver, without problems, but having just changed out the > motherboard (and a few other bits due to a nasty power spike or power suppy going crazy, > still not sure what) on the computer I use it on, I'm having "a few problems". I'm > attempting to re-install from a FreeBSD 4.1-release CDROM (would download and try > 4.3-release but I only have a 56k modem net connection, and downloading the last one took > me 45 hours :-) ), and am having a number of problems. > > Brief description of problem: > 6.5GB ATA33 IBM HDD, on Biostar M7MIA mobo including the VIA IDE controller identified by > the boot process as a "VIA 82C686 ATA66 Controller". Full spec included below. > > Hard drive partitioned as 4.5GB Win2K/FAT32 partition, rest empty awaiting a FreeBSD > install. I've checked out the hard drive with the IBM disk testing utility and all tests > passed fine (I've even tried doing a "low" level format on it using the IBM wipe utility, > to > no avail), also windows 2000 installed without problem. > > Anyway, I have been booting from install CD, set up kernel as usual knocking out all the > unused hardware and sorting out any conflicts. Picked express setup, created a FreeBSD > partition, sliced it as per my requirements (100MB root, 260MB swap, 300MB /var, and the > rest for /usr), picked the minimal distribution (althoguh picking any of the others has > the same/similar effect), install begins. This is all much as I've done before with no > problems before the new motherboard & hard drive re-format. > > At a seemingly random point while either extracting/installing the distribution, or while > the "Remaking all devices.. Please Wait!" message is on screen shortly thereafter, the > computer pauses for a fair time (probably around two to five minutes, not always the same > though) then displays the messages... > > panic: page fault syncing discs... 374 374 374 374 374 374 (repeat 374 a total of 20 > times) > giving up on 328 buffers > Uptime: (whatever) > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds.... > > I've a strong suspicion this is related to the hard drive controller, althoguh I've not > been able to find any problems reported anywhere around the net with it, so that > assumption could be wrong. > > Also, on one occasion while trying to install, it did manage to complete the install, and > it rebooted successfully once, but after a few minutes of use I had a "read command > timeout" error, followed by a seemingly endless loop of the OS reseting the drive > controller then it failing again, reseting again, failing again, and so on, only solved by > a hard reset. On restarting FreeBSD wouldn't even boot, crashing out with a "BTX halted" > error and a load of hex (which I'm afraid I didn't think to note down, there was a lot of > it) and no error codes or messages aside from this. > > I've included the full spec of the machine below. > > I'm tearing my hair out here, and if anyone has any ideas or has seen something similar to > this before and can point me in the right direction, I'd be hugely grateful. > > Hope I've included all the information possible here, but if not, please let me know and > i'll check it out. > > Thanks, > Mark > > Machine Spec: > Biostar M7MIA motherboard, using AMD760 north bridge and VIA KT133 (i think) south bridge > 128MB DDR PC2100 memory (under-clocked at 100/200MHz to match FSB of processor) > AMD Duron 750MHz CPU > IBM Deskstar 6.5GB ATA33 Hard Disk Drive (partitioned as 4.5GB FAT32 Win2K, rest FreeBSD) > SMC 1211TX-WL 10/100 WOL NIC > ATI Radeon VE 32MB DDR Graphics > 12x ARTEC DVDROM > 3.5" floppy drive, 1.44MB (wow) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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