From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 21 1:24:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E2B237B422 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.baldwin.cx [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA79013; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:26:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA38741; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:25:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200009210825.BAA38741@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <39C9C488.D3A34B0D@tue.nl> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:25:21 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Koen Schreel Subject: Re: BTX error on boot. Cc: Freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Robert Nordier Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 21-Sep-00 Koen Schreel wrote: > Robert Nordier wrote: >> >> I haven't really had a chance to look at this, but maybe we're looking >> at an interrupt #19 (SIMD exception), since this is a PIII. Anyway, I >> haven't seen BTX do this before, and the bottom line is probably just >> that it isn't going to work unless the hardware configuration changes. > > A little update. I managed to get it booting when removing the network > card and switching the PCI slot for the SCSI card. Then I installed and > configured FreeBSD, rebooted, and configured a vinum stripeset across > four disks. While performing a newfs on the vinum volume, the kernel > kept on complaining `trap 19 while interrupts disabled'. And now the fun > part. I reinstalled the network card, it didn't boot. Then again removed > the network card, it still does not boot. Removed the SCSI controller > too, booting from CDROM fails. I can do whatever I want, it does not > boot anymore. > > I have tried another computer with the same motherboard, and it boots > just fine from CD. Could it be faulty hardware? The thing is, Win2K does > run without noticeable problems. Well, Win2K may not stress the hardware as much, and you may be looking at a marginal CPU or possibly memory, which would cause the BTX fault you saw, and might explain some of the other problems you are having. I would try swapping CPU's, memory, and/or mobo's and see if that fixes the problem. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message