Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:55:18 +0100 From: Walter Jontofsohn <wjontofs@berkom.de> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot/install freebsd from cdrom/floppy - serverworks g Message-ID: <200301241655.18648.wjontofs@berkom.de> In-Reply-To: <20030124150506.P4290-100000@gamplex.bde.org> References: <20030124150506.P4290-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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Am Freitag, 24. Januar 2003 05:22 schrieben Sie: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Walter Jontofsohn wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 13-Jan-2003 Walter wrote: > > > > > i've problems installing freebsd on System with ServerWorks GC = SL > > > > > -Chipset, Pentium 4, LSI Logic MPT (53c1030) SCSI-Controller > > > > > > > > > > Booting with floppy kern.flp from 4.7-release, not even the > > > > > bootstrap loader works, then i tried from 5.0rc3 - i got > > > > > > > > > > fatal trap 10: trace trap while in vm86 mode > > > > > instruction pointer=3D0xf000:0xf842 > > > > > stack pointer =3D 0x0:0xff8 > > > > > frame pointer =3D 0x0:0x0 > > > > > code segment =3D base 0x0, linit 0x0, type 0x0 > > > > > =3D DPL 0, pres 0, def32 0, gran 0 > > > > > processor eflags =3D interupt enabled, vm86 IOPL =3D 0 > > > > > current process =3D 0 () > > > > > trap number =3D 10 > > > > > panic: trace trap > > > > > Uptime: 1s > > > > > > > > > > I thought probably a hardware failure, > > > > > but i tried to install Linux Redhat 8.0, without problems ?! > > > > > > > > > > Any hints ? > > > > > > Try setting hw.hasbrokenint12 in the loader. > > > > this means 'set hw.hasbrokenint12' ? if yes, the result is unfortuna= tely > > the same as above, if no, how should i do this ? > > Er, set it to 1? I'm not sure what the loader does for null set comman= ds > since I don't use it myself, but I guess it would set the, that a haven= 't to=20 do it as a boot option variable to "" if > anything. The kernel would then misparse "" as the number 0 (boolean > false), so thenull set command would have no effect except possubly to = turn > off any previous setting. Thank you very much for the help, the installation was now possible! =2E.... > > it possible/useful to hand over the memory size (or is this for vm86 > > special?) > > One possible fix is doing it all in the loader. I prefer to do it only= in > the kernel, since vm86 calls need to work for other reasons. By now,i put the option into /boot/loader.conf, but, can i fix it in the=20 kernel too ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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