From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 22:25:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEFD016A4D4 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:25:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail21.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail21.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE6143D66 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:25:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3208 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2005 22:25:44 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Feb 2005 22:25:43 -0000 Received: from [10.50.40.202] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j17MPRrg088725; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:25:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org, "David O'Brien" Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:58:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200502052230.j15MUK64038890@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200502052230.j15MUK64038890@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502071358.01772.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: amd64/76973: BTX Halted X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:25:46 -0000 On Saturday 05 February 2005 05:30 pm, David O'Brien wrote: > The following reply was made to PR amd64/76973; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "David O'Brien" > To: Bart Veurink > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: amd64/76973: BTX Halted > Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:21:43 -0800 > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 05:44:51PM +0000, Bart Veurink wrote: > > I got a problem with installing FreeBSD from CD (Mini and Normal). This > > is my first time to try a BSD. It gives the Error in the bootloader, BTX > > Halted. By The Way why are there not ISO's for FreeBSD 6.0 > > > > First some info and a Error: > > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010086 eip=00027788 > > eax=80000011 ebx=00037000 ecx=c0000080 edx=00000000 > > esi=00036000 edi=00035000 ebp=000948a4 esp=0009e870 > > cs:eip:0f 22 c0 b8 00 20 04 00-8b 35 98 7f 04 00 8b 3d > > 9c 7f 04 00 0f 01 10 ea-a6 77 02 00 08 00 89 f0 > > ss:esp:69 95 00 00 00 40 c9 00-00 50 c9 00 10 10 04 00 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00-00 00 00 00 58 b0 06 00 > > BTX Halted > > This should not have happened. Unless something has changed lately, the > FreeBSD loader and BTX are the same for both the 'i386' and 'amd64' > platforms. Can you try installing from an 'i386' ISO? If the kernel faults very early on (such as executing an amd64-specific instruction) before it has reset the interrupt descriptor table, then BTX will end up handling the subsequent fault. That appears to be what happened here. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org