Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:06:19 -0400 From: "Guillermo Fuentes" <gfuentes@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard. Message-ID: <003201c38cd3$db72fc80$331b6181@NEXUS.UWATERLOO.CA> References: <002701c389b1$f775e020$331b6181@NEXUS.UWATERLOO.CA> <44r81rxwqu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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I did the minimal installation posible for 4.8 and when I reboot the kernel shows me the same error. I have tried everthing. Any other suggestion will be must than welcome. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "Guillermo Fuentes" <gfuentes@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard. > "Guillermo Fuentes" <gfuentes@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca> writes: > > > Hello there, > > > > This is the fisrt time I'm trying to install FreeBSD. I really like the > > project and I decided to study it and learn from it. > > I have not been able to install it in my PC: > > Motherboard: M754LMR (http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M754LMR.html): > > Video adapter (onboard): NVIDIDA Aladdin TNT2 > > Devices (onboard): > > ALi M1533 PCI to ISA bridge > > ALi M1621 CPU to PCI bridge > > ALi M1621 PCI to AGP bridge > > > > Processor: Celeron 600MHz > > Memory: 192MB RAM (-16MB taken to video adapter NVIDIDA Aladdin TNT2 ) > > Hard Drive: 4GB > > > > The problem I'm having is that when the kernel start loading, it gives me > > the > > following error. > > > > ... > > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > > agp0: <Ali Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xd8000000-0xdbffffff at device > > 0.0 on pci0 > > panic: contigmalloc1: size must not be 0 > > Uptime: 0s > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds > > > > I have search for a posible solution but I have not found anything helpfull. > > I flash the EPROM of the motherboard with the last version > > (ftp://ftp.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS/M754LMR/) and it din't work. > > > > I'm getting the same error for FreeBSD 4.8 release or 5.1 current, but in > > different moments. > > With FreeBSD 4.8 release the installation reach the "Configure X Server" > > section and allways fail when I specify the video card I have. Then, when I > > reboot, I receive the error message mentioned above. > > With FreeBSD 5.1 current the error is show when the Installation CD boots > > and try to load the kernel. > > > > > > Can someone tell me if this motherboard and configuration is not supported > > by FreeBSD? > > What can I do to get my FreeBSD running in this configuration? > > My suggestion would be to do the 4.8 installation, without installing > X up front. Rebuild a kernel without the AGP device, and then go back > and try to install and configure X.
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