Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 05:13:25 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: rnordier@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: i386/10433 Message-ID: <199903070313.FAA03788@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <36E1EA65.73CB0DEB@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Mar 7, 99 11:54:29 am"
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> I'm not so sure, Robert. The way he described, I think his
> work-around actually means he skips loader, and *that*, not the
> changed irqs, is what let him boots.
>
> Thomas, if you just enter "0:wd(0,a)/kernel", without configuring
> anything, does it work?
>
> If, instead, you enter "0:wd(0,a)/boot/loader", does it crashes
> instantly, or does it show any messages first?
>
> rnordier@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
> >
> > Synopsis: After install, can't boot from wd0 - "System halted"
> >
> > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->rnordier
> > Responsible-Changed-By: rnordier
> > Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Mar 6 15:38:09 PST 1999
> > Responsible-Changed-Why:
> > Apparently a new bootblocks problem.
That's a reasonable assumption. But the register dump shows that
the exception occurred in the function memsize() in boot2.c.
FWIW, there's been what seems to be another instance of the same
bugs reported on -questions ("3.1R install/multiboot problem").
--
Robert Nordier
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