Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:47:02 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM Message-ID: <20060412194702.GA26548@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060412194306.GA38383@aoi.wolfpond.org> References: <20060412194306.GA38383@aoi.wolfpond.org>
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--WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:43:06PM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I just tried booting a FreeBSD-6.1-RC1/amd64 CD in a machine with an > Athlon-64 X2 4400+ and 4GB of memory. >=20 > The mainboard is an Asus A8V-E-SE. >=20 > The kernel displays its copyright and then crashes almost instantly. The > screen is filled with the letter 'k' and the machine reboots soon after > that. >=20 > Here is a copy of the verbose boot messages (transcripted by hand): >=20 > SMAP type=3D01 base=3D0000000000000000 len=3D000000000009f400 > SMAP type=3D02 base=3D00000000000f0000 len=3D0000000000010000 > SMAP type=3D02 base=3D00000000fec00000 len=3D0000000001400000 > SMAP type=3D02 base=3D00000000e0000000 len=3D0000000010000000 > SMAP type=3D03 base=3D00000000afee3000 len=3D000000000000d000 > SMAP type=3D04 base=3D00000000afee0000 len=3D0000000000003000 > SMAP type=3D02 base=3D000000000009f400 len=3D0000000000000c00 > SMAP type=3D02 base=3D00000000afef0000 len=3D0000000000010000 > SMAP type=3D01 base=3D0000000000100000 len=3D00000000afde0000 > SMAP type=3D01 base=3D0000000100000000 len=3D0000000050000000 > Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 6.1-RC1 #0: Mon Apr 10 20:16:14 UTC 2006 > root@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC >=20 > (crash here) >=20 > If the memory is limited to 3GB in the BIOS, FreeBSD boots as expected. >=20 > I would appreciate if someone could share some insight about this problem. Replace the broken 1GB memory stick? :-) Kris --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEPVk2Wry0BWjoQKURApHiAJwP5ICWRfrVz+kA9k1OQqsAAptcXgCbBjnS HkivRdZGdrVSd2hfqdZiBaw= =RDyD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--
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