From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 7:21:29 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 07:21:24 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from postmarq.mu.edu (hermes.mu.edu [134.48.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E299F37B402 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from marquette.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by postmarq.mu.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id G5KDBM00.8O4; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:21:22 -0600 From: Jeremy Vandenhouten To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <103cf8108160.108160103cf8@marquette.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:21:22 -0600 X-Mailer: Netscape Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en Subject: Re: Help! "Fatal trap 1: privledged instruction trap" while inst X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here's another interesting test scenario. Setup a machine with 3.3 and update it to 4 Stable the 1542 in it and see what happens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 5:34 pm Subject: Re: Help! "Fatal trap 1: privledged instruction trap" while inst > > In message , you wrote: > > > > >On 13-Dec-00 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >> > >> In message <200012132120.eBDLKr310117@mass.osd.bsdi.com>, > >> Mike Smith wrote: > >> > >>>Also, the VESA code isn't in GENERIC, says he just looking. > >>> > >>>I'm sorry; I don't have any other great ideas. Try a new video > card. 8) > >> > >> OK. I went today and bought a new ATI Xpert 98 video card. > >> > >> I installed it into the system in question. > >> > >> I tried to install FreeBSD again. > >> > >> Still no-go. I am getting EXACTLY the same error as before at > EXACTLY>> the same point in the process. > >> > >> Another data point: I had an old FreeBSD 3.3 CD lying around, > so I tried > >> that, and sure enough it works! No problems and I get past the > kernel>> initial boot. > >> > >> So OK chaps... What does it all mean? > > > >Install nasm and do the dd pipe Mike Smith suggested (the one on > /dev/mem) so > >we have a guess on how to work around this. > > As I pointed out to Mike Smith, I can't install _anything_ because > I haven't > even installed FreeBSD yet. > > As I noted earlier, I can't even get past the kernel boot up > process that's > being done at the beginning of the FreeBSD install. Thus I > haven't even > installed FreeBSD on this system yet. It has only blank/empty > disk drives > on it. > > >> Based on the evidence, I am inclined to say that there is a > definite bug > >> in the FreeBSD 4.1.1 generic kernel. I mean hay! FreeBSD 3.3 > boots up > >> fine on the exact same hardware. > > > >3.3 didn't have VM86 support in the kernel by default. > > Ah ha! So this is what has changed between 3.3 and 4.1.1. > > That vm86 stuff is obviously what is causing the problem. > > MORE DATA: Since I have already swapped just about every other > componenton this system (except the motherboard and the case) I > tried yanking out > the good old reliable Adaptech 1542CP (ISA) SCSI controller and > then tried > using a pair of FreeBSD 4.1 install floppies (kernel and mfsroot) > to get > to the kernel boot stage. I did that, and lo and behold if it > didn't boot > the kernel just fine. > > I just tried the exact same experiment, only this time with an > Adaptech2940AU (PCI) SCSI controller in the system in place of the > 1542CP and > THAT ALSO WORKED JUST FINE. > > CONCLUSION: Those good old reliable Adaptech 1542CP SCSI > controllers seem > to be incompatible with FreeBSD 4.1.1 and its vm86 mode. > > That's a real shame since these cards *did* formerly work with > FreeBSD, and > I really was counting on being able to use that card in this > system. :-( > > >Booting a 3.3 kernel with VM86 will probably crash as well. > > I'm ignorant. Please tell me, very exactly, how I would test that > theory.I will then be very happy to try it and report back my results. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message