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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 05:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pierre-Etienne Moreau <moreau@loria.fr>
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Subject: i386/39507: FreeBSD can't boot: BTX halted problem
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>Number:         39507
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD can't boot: BTX halted problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 19 05:10:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pierre-Etienne Moreau
>Release:        4.4, 4.5 and 4.6
>Organization:
Loria - INRIA
>Environment:
Compaq Evo D500, Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz
>Description:
After installing FreeBSD (using the Install Disk 4.4 and 4.5, or the floppies for 4.6), the system cannot boot: the loader stops with a "BTX halted" message and seems to dump the registers.
The system has been installed on the first partition, on a 4GB slices (<1023 cylinders). I have used the FreeBSD boot loder and GRUB to boot the system, without success. I am only able to boot the Install Disc.
For information, I have already installed FreeBSD 4.4 and 4.5 on 2 different machines, without any trouble.
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