From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 22:18:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074BF37B404 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haggis.it.ca (haggis.it.ca [216.126.86.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A35343FAF for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:18:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@haggis.it.ca) Received: from haggis.it.ca (paul@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haggis.it.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4I5J9im039470 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 01:19:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@haggis.it.ca) Received: (from paul@localhost) by haggis.it.ca (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h4I5J9MX039469 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 May 2003 01:19:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul) Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 01:19:08 -0400 From: Paul Chvostek To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030518011908.A34288@mail.it.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Subject: 5.0-RELEASE on an 80386 cpu? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 05:18:49 -0000 I have a gateway router that is an Intel 80386 with a Cyrix Automath MPU. The unit is in a slimline (4" high) case and has four ISA Ethernet cards for which I don't have configuration software (but do have IRQ and such). The unit is nicely nestled on a shelf with no room to spare and only enough cable slack for the case to be opened enough to get at the hard disk ... which recently suffered a head crash. I can't complain -- this box was running 2.2.6 until I upgraded it to 4.0-RELEASE, and it's been running 24/7 since then. (1999 was it?) But now, I need to install an operating system on a new disk. Obviously it will be alot of (hopefully unnecessary) work to upgrade the hardware, but when I boot 5.0-RELEASE floppies, I get a nasty panic after mfsroot goes in, finishing up with "BTX halted". I'm not sure if this a hardware issue, or perhaps an indication that 386 compatibility has become a non-issue for most folks. Is the install floppy trying to do something that only became possible in later CPUs? If so, will it be possible for me to compile and generate a set of boot floppies that are 386-compatible, or is there some alternate install process I could follow? And if not, would my posting the wacky collection of register values help someone more clueful help me? Thanks. ;-) -- Paul Chvostek Operations / Abuse / Whatever it.canada, hosting and development http://www.it.ca/