Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:41:25 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: AMD k7-750 + ASUS K7V Message-ID: <200006270941.CAA00977@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200006262320.QAA09626@george.lbl.gov>
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On 26-Jun-00 DSD staff wrote:
> I tried to install FreeBSD 3.5 and 4.0 or later on a AMD K7 (Athlon) 750MHz
> with ASUS K7V motherboard. The first installation floppy will not boot and
> give following message: (all versions of FreeBSD later than 3.5 and 4.0)
>
> {... meas omitted rest of lines}
>
> int=0000000d err=000000 efl=00030002 eip=0000567f
> eax=...
> esi=...
> cs=f000 ds=...
> cs:eip=0f ...
The next byte is critical here. I bet it is 0x32 (or 31 can't remember which
one). Turn off boot virus detection in your BIOS and it will work fine.
> ss:esp=f4 ...
> System halted
>
> I put a pre-installed 4.0-20000607 IDE hard disk on the system, the system
> will boot, but did not not find any network adapters (there are three
> differet NIC installed -- Intel EE PRO 100 fxp0, sysKonnect sk0 and
> NetGear GA620 ti0)
>
> Has any one installed later FreeBSD successfully on such hardware combinations?
Your mobo's BIOS does Weird Stuff(TM), and you need to disable the boot
virus detection stuff.
> -Jin
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