From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 23 01:42:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 AF6A216A41F for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:42:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephenk@stephenk.com) Received: from mail.killermartian.com (adsl-66-218-39-226.dslextreme.com [66.218.39.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F16143D49 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:42:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephenk@stephenk.com) Received: (qmail 25690 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2006 17:43:43 -0800 Received: from mephistopheles.killermartian.com (HELO mephistopheles) (10.0.69.10) by adsl-66-218-39-226.dslextreme.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2006 17:43:43 -0800 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:43:11 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Krauth X-X-Sender: stephenk@mephistopheles.killermartian.com To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20060119035829.GA61728@xor.obsecurity.org> Message-ID: <20060122170123.I76421@mephistopheles.killermartian.com> References: <20060118194801.E22208@mephistopheles.killermartian.com> <20060119035829.GA61728@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot install freebsd 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:42:12 -0000 On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 07:49:12PM -0800, Stephen Krauth wrote: >> I'm unable to even boot the FreeBSD 6.0 install CD (i386 version). I have >> an AMD64 with an Nvidia nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard (MSI K8N Neo >> Platinum), currently running 4.10-RELEASE. The 6.0 boot cd dies with: >> >> panic: pmap_mapdev: couldn't alloc kernel virtual memory >> >> This happens right after the agp0 load message. I tried disabling ACPI >> with no luck. >> >> Please help! I've been a FreeBSD user for almost 10 years and it would be >> disappointing to give up now... > > Did you > > a) Verify the checksum of your iso image, No but that's a good idea. I just checked the image and it's fine. I also did md5 checks between the image and the CD to see if it burned properly and all looks good. > and/or > > b) Try the amd64 version? No... I tried the amd64 version over a year ago (maybe 5.2 release?) and had loads of problems building ports. Since I use FreeBSD for my desktop machine, I depend on lots of them. It seems doubtful that all those ports now build without problems under amd64, but what do you think? - Steve K