From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 09:19:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA9016A401 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 09:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8143013C4BB for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 09:19:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E111320A3; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:19:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: AWL,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.2/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1DB020A2; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:19:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BF714A10A5; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:19:19 +0200 (CEST) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: deeptech71@gmail.com References: <46185D69.5030703@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:19:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <46185D69.5030703@gmail.com> (deeptech71@gmail.com's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:11:37 +0200") Message-ID: <868xd3ustk.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:19:23 -0000 deeptech71@gmail.com writes: > OK now I've tried everything. Most minimal kernel I could get without > compilation error. No optimizations. And it still reboots the system! > Something more: now I've tried to pull out the floppy cables, and that > 4slot-isa expantion card stuff, played around with all jumpers (IRQ, > EPC DMA/OMGWTF?, WriteBack/WriteThrough, 33/25MHz, VGA output, > ...). Same thing. > > DES, you asked for a log. How do I get it? Typing from the other > monitor now... Serial console. > OK, conclusion: > The error is in no way because bad hardware or bad hardware config. A > smaller kernel isn't a fix. The error rises when the kernel loads > other modules and probes other devices. The source might be somewhere > here. A module isn't compatible with the hardware. % cat >/boot/loader.conf beastie_disable=3D"YES" boot_verbose=3D"YES" acpi_load=3D"NO" ^D How much memory does the machine have? We used to be able to run in 8=A0MB, but 7-CURRENT might need as much 16 MB to boot. Have you tried an older release? > ident BAREv7 Looks fine, except that you will regret not having random and pty. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no