From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 17:08:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2949D16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:08:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEDC543D31 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:08:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tparrott@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 80so105757rnk for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.50 with SMTP id d50mr1298890rng; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8550301b04081610086cfc5a26@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:08:53 -0400 From: Tyler Parrott To: "K. Greenwood" In-Reply-To: <20040816164605.46053.qmail@web14104.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20040816164605.46053.qmail@web14104.mail.yahoo.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10 Install failure. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tyler@boardom.ca List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:08:55 -0000 Thanks for all the advice, it is much appreciated. I'll give the floppies a try. That error that you pasted is pretty much exactly what I get, although I'm not sure whether or not the register values are the same:) Again, I'll try with the floppies:) Thanks! On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:46:05 -0700 (PDT), K. Greenwood wrote: > > --- Tyler Parrott wrote: > > > Yeah, right after I sent that email I read about the > > image already > > being bootable. I supposed I should do my homework > > before making my > > posts:) > > > > Anyways, the image is burnt correctly, so I'm back > > to where I started > > with no idea how to move forward... > > unable to boot from cd> > > First off, I have never pretended to know what I am > talking about... I am just a random subscriber. Take > what I say with a grain of salt. > > That being out of the way, a quick little comment. > > You previously mentioned you had a compaq evo (?). > Have you tried making bootable floppies and trying > them? > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES > > Also, have you tried experimenting with your bios > settings? Perhaps Advanced, Device options? > Specifically the ACPI settings... (I kinda doubt this > will have any effect, however). > > Was the error similar to the following? (after loading > bootstrap loader) > > | > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030246 eip=00003034 > eax=0000205d ebx=00000004 ecx=00002000 edx=0000288c > esi=000008d5 edi=0006290c ebp=00001538 esp=00001502 > cs=f000 ds=ee00 es=ee00 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=ee00 > cs:eip=0f 20 dd 81 e5 00 f0 0f-20 c2 0f 01 e0 a8 01 75 > 08 80 e2 fe e8 53 ff eb-21 0f 20 e0 a9 30 00 75 > ss:esp=0c 29 06 00 d5 08 00 00-38 15 00 00 22 15 00 00 > 04 00 00 00 8c 28 00 00-04 00 00 00 5d 28 00 00 > BTX halted > > Hopefully someone who knows more than I (accounts for > pretty much everyone on this list...) comprehends what > this means. I'm without clue. > > Hth, and good luck. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >