From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 7 06:07:58 2003 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 0C9B116A4B3 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:07:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca (mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.46.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D438343FF3 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:07:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gfuentes@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca) Received: from willy (willy.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.27.51]) by mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca (8.11.7/8.11.7) with SMTP id h97D6PJ03496; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:06:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <003201c38cd3$db72fc80$331b6181@NEXUS.UWATERLOO.CA> From: "Guillermo Fuentes" To: References: <002701c389b1$f775e020$331b6181@NEXUS.UWATERLOO.CA> <44r81rxwqu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:06:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-MECHENG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3, required 5, BAYES_20 -2.60, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT -0.38, REFERENCES -0.00) Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:07:58 -0000 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" To: "Guillermo Fuentes" Cc: Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard. > "Guillermo Fuentes" 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: on pcib0 > > agp0: 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.