From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jul 14 10:14:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail-smtp.socket.net (mail-smtp.socket.net [216.106.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DE615411 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 10:14:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vaevictus@socket.net) Received: from mail.socket.net (mail.socket.net [216.106.1.7]) by mail-smtp.socket.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA29470 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 01:14:49 -0500 From: vaevictus@socket.net Received: from socket.net ([216.106.1.12]) by mail.socket.net ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:14:19 -0600 Reply-To: vaevictus@socket.net To: rnordier@nordier.com Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 14 Jul 99 12:14:18 -600 Subject: Re: Mylex960 SCSI X-Mailer: DMailWeb Web to Mail Gateway 1.5af, http://netwinsite.com/top_mail.htm Message-id: <378cc56a.33cf.0@socket.net> X-User-Info: 216.106.0.22 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> When i try to install BSD off the floppies, I got a nasty hex system dump. I >> pulled out my Mylex 960 SCSI controller and it'll boot off the same floppies, >> so i figure it's the problem. >> Does FreeBSD support the Mylex controllers? >> If it does, how am I supposed to install it? > >If the hex dump is happening before the kernel gets control, the >problem may be in the boot code. You'd best let us know at what >stage this is happening, and preferably transcribe the dump info >and send it along. What version of FreeBSD you're trying to install >would also be a help. > >-- >Robert Nordier > This is happening immediately after the first disk hit... before the kernel gets control. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.2. Here's my hand transcribed dump: int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030083 eip=00009013 eax=0000dfd0 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000001 edx=0009fa09 esi=00000270 edi=000000d1 ebp=0000ffff esp=000003dc cs=f000 ds=9f80 es=9f80 fs=0040 gs=0000 ss=9dfd cs:eip=2e 0f 01 1e 1f f1 0f 01-54 08 89 5c 26 c6 44 25 ss:esp=00 c8 80 9f d1 00 70 02-00 00 f0 03 00 00 a0 fa System Halted hope this is accurate... :) n8 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message