From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 09:30:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA05461 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:30:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-31.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA05432 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:30:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobh@n-cantrell.demon.co.uk) Received: from (n-cantrell.demon.co.uk) [193.237.193.139] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0yJiOE-000363-00; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:30:31 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:29:22 +0100 To: Doug White Cc: FreeBSD Questions From: robert w hall Subject: Re: freebsd 2.2.5 kernel on cyrix 686 M2-MMX cpu In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Trial Version 3.04 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug As you'll find a few days down your pile, I've now tried it on a boot floppy and get the same crash diagnostic (same address too I think) System boots up Slackware 3.3 ok though.. Bob Hall In message , Doug White writes >On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, robert w hall wrote: > >> Doug >> Thanks for reply - obscurity of my message is in part due to there being >> one previous (to Walnut Creek & questions@freebsd) which obviously >> hasn't got to you yet. >> >> I'm trying to get the new 2.2.5 kernel up on my Cyrix 686 M2-MMX box (VX >> Pro motherboard, 40MB DRAM (8Mb fast page, 32Mb EDO), Miro 12PD SVGA >> card, NE2000 clone card, titchy 130MB IDE drive) . This is networked to >> an AMD 486 server, which has the big disk, CDROM and floppy. Both >> systems run Linux Slackware (2.0.30 kernel) under NFS. The 486 has Win >> 95, and a small FreeBSD 2.2.5 system, downloaded from the net. The Cyrix >> has Win.3.11/Dos 6.2 and just a little spare space (40MB?). > >okay. 40MB is really, really tight; You have to delete libraries and >/usr/include from the EHShell or else you'll run out of space. (As you >might guess I did this :) ) > >> I now have the walnutcreek 4-disk set for 2.2.5 and so moved the >> components of the install directory, namely install.bat, fbsdboot.exe >> and kernel (2.88meg!) on to the cyrix hard-disk. after some fiddling >> with the DOS memory manager (esp enabling EMS), the nearest I've got to >> the kernel coming up is:- > >I don't believe that's correct.... > >immedately: > >> Fatal trap 9:general protection fault while in kernel mode > >> If I bring across the hard disk from the 486, and install the boot >> manager (using bootinst.exe) to run the resident system I still end up >> with no joy (despite the fact that this system comes up ok on the 486), >> and the same (in all detail I think) error message. >> >> I have NOT tried bringing across the floppy drive and using a boot >> floppy (or rather I have but the drive wouldn't come up properly - cable >> problem?) - to do the job properly I'll have to start pulling nasty >> (=long, lots of mating force needed) VLB cards out of my 486 >> motherboard! and I'd rather not bother until I've got some reassurance >> that >> a) the system comes up cleanly on this cpu/motherboard (686/VX Pro) >> combination and that >> b) there isn't a work-around. > >Please try this. fbsdboot may not be happy. If it blows up on the boot >floppy then we may have a real bug. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > -- robert w hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message