From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 15:36:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F4DD106566B for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:36:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8DC8FC08 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so4217691yxe.3 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:36:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=fbx/kn/PK8xDh/X0bbMGPnS4E9suL/tblMo1zKROZ9s=; b=APW/Kl5N9GFTNsjPx06ANAzZx9wgaIZ/SowziPA9KQbT+FPzkwAqH8AkxwqiOB1Nep epbopbbjPyp73+kyx5eOAvkT/qOGNJ7faTI/IZ1A8CaTkGkNwqVg7jvh3mwtnCusgdD9 ONJm55fxJq0lnx9yFbt6F1Qz2XOHcIKETVCeE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=VvltNtkmx9S42lKGUpUJX9AOm6W0806Sdlla0sajRSDCJ+ZMHTyjLpCwxQMLFe1DNx 2LXgcTW5k5LgI050H4tNACoUg06GSECuPaBX9RDbYIvJk2/Ayuo3Uupqxhh1OD4qkCJo 5YV3jyUh9OzeMk5cMStk9phANYscIaEZ6QIR4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.181.26 with SMTP id i26mr1695568anp.56.1254843374085; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:36:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <62c908120910060136y130ebdeem96b04931a112ed02@mail.gmail.com> References: <62c908120910060136y130ebdeem96b04931a112ed02@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:36:13 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Tseveendorj Ochirlantuu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BTX Halted X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:36:15 -0000 On 10/6/09, Tseveendorj Ochirlantuu wrote: > Dear all, > I've found something strange I have never seen before. When start booting > FreeBSD 7.2 amd64 from ISO image in ESX 4.0 then error occurs. You can see > it from snapshot. > > I have following. > > Dell R900 with 4 CPU, 64GB RAM > ESX 4.0 installed on R900 > FreeBSD 7.2 amd64 > > What is this mean? > > Best regards, > Tseveen. > BTX - BooT eXtender, the process of moving from 16-bit real mode to 32-bit (or 64-bit?) protected mode. The system was unable to do this conversion. Happens on buggy "chipsets" (in quotes because this is on ESX). Go back to VM properties and double, triple check everything, go into the BIOS and disable any "window-isms" like PnP OS, power management, etc. You might have a corrupt download, check your MD5/SHA1 and redownload if applicable. --TJ