From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 13:57:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 04A3516A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:57:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE8243D48 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:57:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jayesh.freebsdlist@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t4so1007391wxc for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:57:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=qzWoErJ/O1ii6NbHl5GaLZVSESxo+CVsX006sSR6J9EVs+Hr6sNL7lV16jjGDgtaaU0YYnPTD0DnbS3i4na0ulK0NEPXyJFW0fJltjDxylNYpg808zyhhg9eYaNLuaoieZzVEn4QjJ2fzsLPliMQ/DwtBeLz6NW1OBI/WWuxpFU= Received: by 10.70.47.18 with SMTP id u18mr4075503wxu; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.34.4 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:27:33 +0530 From: Jayesh Jayan To: Nicholas Lozinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <76ff51010510250651m27de3b19kdfb1513d90d3eddc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <76ff51010510250651m27de3b19kdfb1513d90d3eddc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Installation problem with Freebsd 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:57:35 -0000 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 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. >