Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:24:59 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger <hansot@iae.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tim Zingelman <zingelman@fnal.gov>, re@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation issues with 4.6.1 RC2 Message-ID: <3D3EE2EB.C9FC9B73@iae.nl> References: <XFMail.20020724082939.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 23-Jul-2002 Tim Zingelman wrote: > > Hans Ottevanger wrote: > > > >> Unable to copy /kernel into place. > >> > >> On VTY2 the following messages is displayed: > >> > >> pid 120 (cp), uid 0: exited on signal 4 (core dumped) > >> Illegal instruction - core dumped > >> > >> Most commands given in the shell on VTY4 (e.g. ls, df, mount, ...) show > >> the same error message. > >> > >> I have a strong feeling that this has to do with the fact that these > >> systems have an i586 architecture, in contrast with the Celeron that has > >> an i686 architecture. But of course it could be something completely > >> different... > >> > >> Has anybody else tried the installation on an i586 based system ? > > > > Yes. On a pentium 100 I got the same thing with an ftp install after > > booting from the 4.6.1 RC2 cdrom (the install direct from the cdrom also > > failed, with different symptoms). > > > > Is it possible that 4.6.1 RC2 was somehow built without i586 support? > > It might have been built with -march=i686 which would cause this. Building > with -mcpu=i686 might not be a bad idea, but -march=i686 will generate > code that doesn't work on a 586 or lower. Murray? > Today I downloaded the 4.6-STABLE-20020724-JPSNAP iso-image from snapshots.jp.freebsd.org, and installed it successfully on my Pentium 66. The ATAPI READ_BIG problems remain, but the rest of the installation (via NFS) behaves normally. So it looks like a specific problem with 4.6.1 RC2. Kind regards, Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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