From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 10:16:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71CB316A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:16:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from util.inch.com (ns.inch.com [216.223.192.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E73A143FB1 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:16:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@inch.com) Received: from DellBSD.inch.com (DellBSD.inch.com [216.223.192.89]) hB2IG87L000620 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:16:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from scott@inch.com) Received: by DellBSD.inch.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F0808571A; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:16:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:16:07 -0500 From: Scott Lambert To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031202181607.GA59300@DellBSD.inch.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20031202171118.GB29628@tcbug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031202171118.GB29628@tcbug.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: BTX halts installing 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:16:12 -0000 On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 11:11:18AM -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 512K cache > system and I am getting the following error: > > CD Loader 1.01 > BTX halted > > Intel PR440FX Mainboard > Dual Pentium Pro 200mhz 512K Cache CPUs > Intel EtherExpress Pro LAN adapter > Adaptec 7880 SCSI controller I have the above running 5.1-CURRENT, but I got there with a source upgrade from 4.8. Works fine. > 4.3 gig IBM Wide SCSI-2 Disks I'm not actually using the SCSI controller. I, instead, have a Promise IDE RAID controller. The disks are fast enough for the CPU. > I've tried a couple different video cards, Cirrus Logis and SIS PCI > 320 Megs of Registered ECC SDRAM ATI Rage video and I'm currently down to 128MB 50ns ECC EDO (SDRAM)? RAM. I was getting random failures and the BIOS had logged some ECC evevents on the 64MB stick. I also have a : bt0: BT-948 FW Rev. 5.06I Ultra Narrow SCSI Host Adapter to run the : sa0: Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device My Adaptec controller is completely idle. > I've tried googling for a solution for this as well as perused the > -CURRENT archives and haven't seen anything relevent to this issue. If you don't get it resolved, I can try booting a 5.x install cd on it's twin brother, 1 CPU, no Promise, no BT-948, which is sitting unpowered at the house, before I scavenge the RAM for this box. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org