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Date:      Sat, 03 Oct 1998 12:05:14 -0700
From:      Manfred Antar <mantar@netcom.com>
To:        Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
Cc:        rnordier@nordier.com, osa@etrust.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CRUSH after recompile kernel...
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981003120254.00a1de40@192.168.0.1>
In-Reply-To: <199810031851.UAA01724@ceia.nordier.com>
References:  <4.1.19981003111801.00a29100@192.168.0.1>

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At 08:50 PM 10/3/98 +0200, Robert Nordier wrote:
>Manfred Antar wrote:
>> At 08:11 PM 10/3/98 +0200, Robert Nordier wrote:
>> >Manfred Antar wrote:
>> >> At 02:26 PM 10/3/98 +0200, Robert Nordier wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >Better still, why not try the new i386 loader (/sys/boot/i386/loader),
>> >> >now that it supports ELF?
>> >> 
>> >> How do you go about using  /boot/loader ?
>> >> I've been using btxboot with elf kernel and it works.
>> >> I get a kernel symbol not valid when it first starts to boot but the 
>kernel
>> >> loads OK
>> >> I'm using  btxboot-0.8.2.
>> >
>> >Using the new loader should be as simple as
>> >
>> >    cd /sys/boot
>> >    make
>> >    mkdir /boot
>> >    make install
>> >
>> >though you should restore your standard boot blocks (ie. don't use
>> >btxboot).  Then type
>> >
>> >    /boot/loader
>> >
>> >at the regular
>> >
>> >    boot:
>> >
>> >prompt.
>> >
>> >There's more to it than this, involving /boot/boot.conf files, and
>> >so on, but that should get you started.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Thats what I tried with elf kernels (both SMP an single CPU ones) but I
>> get a:
>> 
>> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
>> fault virtual address = 0x36719cc7
>> fault code = supervisor read, page not present
>> instruction pointer = 0x8:0xf0126294
>> stack pointer = 0x10:f0291f84
>> frame pointer = 0x10:f0291f98
>> code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>>                      = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
>> processor eflags = resume, IOPL = 0
>> current process = 0 ()
>> interrupt mask = net tty bio cam
>> kernel: type 12 trap, code=0
>> Stopped at 0xf0126294: movl 0(%esi),%ecx
>> db>
>> 
>> This happens after it starts loading the kernel.
>
>Hmm, I haven't seen that here.
>
>Well, not reason not to keep using btxboot if it works.
>
>I expect there should be a fix for this in a day or so.
>

Yes I switched back and it works fine
I also tried an aout kernel with /boot/loader and it  booted quite a bit
further
but went into a panic just before mounting the file systems
Thanks 
Manfred

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