From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 02:58:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98A6106566C; Tue, 27 May 2008 02:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from technews@giallarhorn.org) Received: from loki.giallarhorn.com (giallarhorn.com [72.232.182.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBC68FC1F; Tue, 27 May 2008 02:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from technews@giallarhorn.org) Received: from [172.16.1.40] (c-68-34-26-222.hsd1.md.comcast.net [68.34.26.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by loki.giallarhorn.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4R1fGvF024324; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:41:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from technews@giallarhorn.org) Message-ID: <483B70FE.5040609@giallarhorn.org> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 22:25:02 -0400 From: orv User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike References: <44b564930805261552w7cd8116fr7263ad6ce49d718a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44b564930805261552w7cd8116fr7263ad6ce49d718a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on loki.giallarhorn.com X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6936/Fri Apr 25 12:10:01 2008 on loki.giallarhorn.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: frank@solensky.org, kris@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VAIO Laptop - Fatal trap 19 on boot 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: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:58:13 -0000 Mike wrote: > I have a Sony VAIO laptop, model number VGN-FZ260E. I was trying to boot the > FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 bootonly install disk in it today and I kept getting a "fatal > trap 19" error. Part of the output on the screen says: > > "RAM parity error, likely hardware failure" > > ...but I can't find any problems with it using memtest86, and other > OSes run fine. > > It looks like this issue has come up on this list before (see URL below), but it > doesn't look like it was ever resolved. The output I get is almost > exactly the same > as this: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2567598+2571045+/usr/local/www/db/text/2008/freebsd-questions/20080323.freebsd-questions > > I also found a few similar reports from other users on the web: > > http://www.fug.com.br/historico/html/freebsd/2008-05/msg00208.html > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-December/039355.html > > I realize the OS is telling me it's a hardware failure, and maybe the errors > from the above links were caused by hardware failure as well. But what bugs > me is that nothing else seems to have any problem with my hardware. Is > there a better tool (other than memtest86) that I can use to diagnose > hardware problems? > > Please make sure to copy me on your responses, I am not subscribed to > -questions. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Mike, my solution to the problem was to plug a firewire drive in. You can remove the drive after it has been probed. Once i got the o.s installed i built a custom kernel without firewire. hth