Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:05:29 +1100 (EST) From: Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL <jont@mpce.mq.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1R install/multiboot problem Message-ID: <199903060705.SAA17254@krakatoa.mpce.mq.edu.au>
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I originally wrote: > System: Dell OptiPlex GXpro > > disks: > wd0: Quantum 3GB, two NTFS partitions, the first bootable > wd1: Quantum 516MB, 1 freebsd partition > > install using floppies and ftp (ftp.au.freebsd.org) > > 'novice' install appears to complete successfully > > on boot I get two options > > "F1 ??" > "F5 disk1" > > "Default F1:" > > selecting F1 boots NT successfully > selecting F5 bring up a new menu > > "F1 FreeBSD" > "F5 disk0" > > "Default F1:" > > selecting F1 almost immediately results in a dump of the registers and > the message "system halted". > [ The screen hasn't been cleared, or scrolled by messages about device > probing, the problem is early on. ] > > Any suggestions as to whats wrong and how to fix it ? I received the following response: > There've been a couple of compatibility problems corrected in the > boot code since 3.1-RELEASE; but we'd need the actual register > dump to tell whether this is a problem that's been fixed or needs > fixing. The detailed register dump is as follows int = 0000000e err = 00000006 efl = 00010203 eip = 00002003 eax = 00000002 ebx = 00000000 ecx = 0000a000 edx = 00000000 esi = 00000000 edi = 00000000 ebp = 00094bf8 esp = 00094bec cs = 002b ds = 0033 fs = 0033 gs = 0033 ss = 0033 cs:eip = 00 ... 00 ss:esp: df 10 00 00 12 00 ... 00 > Any suggestions as to whats wrong and how to fix it ? TIA - JonT To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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