Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 03:47:40 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: jont@mpce.mq.edu.au (Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.1R install/multiboot problem Message-ID: <199903070147.DAA02963@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199903060705.SAA17254@krakatoa.mpce.mq.edu.au> from Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL at "Mar 6, 99 06:05:29 pm"
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Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL wrote:
> > > disks:
> > > wd0: Quantum 3GB, two NTFS partitions, the first bootable
> > > wd1: Quantum 516MB, 1 freebsd partition
>
> > > "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 ?
> > 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
This is apparently a variation on a bug reported in PR 10433 (see
the -bugs mailing list). I'm presently working on analyzing this,
and further info should be available in a few days.
You may find that booting from an install floppy and entering
1:wd(1,a)/kernel
(or something similar) at the
boot:
prompt serves as a workaround.
--
Robert Nordier
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