From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 22:51:01 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 5D2ED37B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (esfm.ipn.mx [148.204.102.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7694A43F75 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 22:51:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h4I5ocTT085159; Sun, 18 May 2003 00:50:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from localhost (mrspock@localhost)h4I5ocdd085156; Sun, 18 May 2003 00:50:38 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Gina.esfm.ipn.mx: mrspock owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:50:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva To: Paul Chvostek In-Reply-To: <20030518011908.A34288@mail.it.ca> Message-ID: <20030518004410.X84624@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: <20030518011908.A34288@mail.it.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 05:51:01 -0000 On Sun, 18 May 2003, Paul Chvostek wrote: > > 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". take care, 386 processor is no longer supported by the generic kernel. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/relnotes-i386.html 2.1.1 Processor/Motherboard Support > > 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? I believe you have to extract that disk, install FreeBSD using a newer machine, recompile the kernel adding: cpu I386_CPU and erase any other cpu specification. But I have never done it and I don't have a 386 to check it out. > > Thanks. ;-) > > -- > Paul Chvostek > Operations / Abuse / Whatever > it.canada, hosting and development http://www.it.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > - ______ _ * / /###\ / \ __ /\ /\ * / ./#### \ * \__|_/ | | / \/ \ | b#####| * _ | __ | | __ = .. \____ \ \_\#####/ / \| / \ | | /\_\/ = \_| * \___\###/ * \_/\_/\__/\__\/_/\__/ = \______/ _ | |