Date: 17 Feb 2003 19:43:07 -0000 From: Matt Anderson <mra@malloc.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/48385: Can boot, but can't execute any programs on FreeBSD 5.0 Message-ID: <20030217194307.71787.qmail@eris.discordians.net>
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>Number: 48385
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: Can boot, but can't execute any programs on FreeBSD 5.0
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 17 11:50:08 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Matt Anderson
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
malloc.org
>Environment:
Shuttle SS51 computer with Pentium 4 Northwood (533Mhz)
The Shuttle system is a small form factor motherboard and case
combination that uses an SiS 651/962L chipset. The system is
using DDR333 ram, the onboard IDE with UltraDMA disabled, and
a ATI 8500 AIW for video. Due to needing firewire support I
previously had linux installed on the system, and it was able
to run for extended periods of time, so I don't believe there
is any hardware interoperability issues.
>Description:
I downloaded the ISOs and checked the MD5s before and after
writing the data to the CDs. When I try to install anything
other than minimal the install fails (usually while trying to
pkg_add perl.) If I do the minimal install passwd fails to
run when trying to set the root password, but the install
finishes. When I boot into the system after that I'm forced
into single user mode, and when I try to run /bin/sh it cannot
execute it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install FreeBSD 5.0 i386 on a SS51 based system.
>Fix:
None that I know of. Could it be possible that the kernel is
somehow misidentifying the processor, activating some processor
specific extensions, and loading the executables into memory
in a way that the chip doesn't understand?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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