Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:27:33 +0530 From: Jayesh Jayan <jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com> To: Nicholas Lozinsky <nick.lozinsky@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem with Freebsd 5.4 Message-ID: <e8ecf3c00510250657m45f8523k81b2a10147640148@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <76ff51010510250651m27de3b19kdfb1513d90d3eddc@mail.gmail.com> References: <e8ecf3c00510250620k648374e1lca149d61d03cc536@mail.gmail.com> <e8ecf3c00510250639xac0f4d3m26b7ec8812e6602d@mail.gmail.com> <76ff51010510250651m27de3b19kdfb1513d90d3eddc@mail.gmail.com>
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I am installing freebsd on this machine for the first time. Anyhow i have installed freebsd on another machine with out any problem which has AMD athlon 2.8 GHz, 256 MB DDR ram, 40 GB SEAGATE HDD. I just wanted to use this machine as my gateway machine which will not have any monitor or so connected to it. On 10/25/05, Nicholas Lozinsky <nick.lozinsky@gmail.com> wrote: > > > an update to the issue. > > > > the error what i get is > > > > panic : page fault > > Cannnot Dump. No dump device defined. > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > > > > I am having problem with installing freebsd on my old HP Pavillion PC= . > The > > > below is the configuration of the pc. > > > > > > AMD K6 2 550 MHz > > > 10 GB Maxtor HDD > > > Sony CD RW > > > 64 MB sd ram > > > > > > It is having phoenix BIOS 4.0 release 6.0 B > > > > > > I am using freebsd 5.4 cd's to install. > > > > > > I am able to create partitions and also label it. After that I get th= e > > > below error > > > > > > > > > Cannot Dump. No dump device defined > > > > > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort* > > Is this a fresh installation of BSD or something that has once worked? > Proprietary BIOS and chipsets such as VIA on AMD boards, in my > experience, have funny effects on BSD. For example, a Compaq M2000 > with an AMD Sempron CPU will not install any FreeBSD, OpenBSD or > NetBSD version onto it; all versions after 4.8 malfunction. I just > want to give you a heads up as to why it might not be working, so you > don't pull your hair out. I still haven't figured out my issue with my > box here, but I've moved on. > > Nick L. >
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