From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 6 20:05:09 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 01D1316A41F for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:05:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jod@beyond2000.co.uk) Received: from smtp.aaisp.net.uk (A.painless.aaisp.net.uk [81.187.81.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0D743D5C for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:05:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jod@beyond2000.co.uk) Received: from king.croissant.org.uk ([81.187.87.171] helo=bear) by smtp.aaisp.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ejj3g-00033T-Mv; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:05:04 +0000 From: "Joy" To: Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:05:04 -0000 Message-ID: <004101c5faa0$595bb1a0$e300000a@bear> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Thread-Index: AcX6oFj5jCEvFStOQHeKWCeMcvkuHw== Subject: BTX Halted - not such a newbie question 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, 06 Dec 2005 20:05:09 -0000 I'm having problems installing FreeBSD V6.0 on an HP (ne Compaq) desktop PC. The install appears to go fine from CD, or via FTP, but on rebooting the installed boot loader halts with a register dump and "BTX halted" error message. So no rotating curser, no kernel messages just the dump and error message. Now I've been using FreeBSD for years, so immediately think "Disc Geometry problems - enable / disable DMA" etc. Nope, I've tried the various BIOS settings and manually setting the geometry in fdisk. I've also tried changing the boot manager for a dedicated MBR. Here are the BIOS settings I have tried: Transfer Mode: Max UDMA, Ultra DMA 0, Enhanced DMA, Max PIO, PIO 0 Translation Mode: Bit Shift, LBA Assisted and User Defined [1023/240/63] Here is the spec of my machine: Spec: Compaq Workstation xw6000 Proc: P4 2.8GHz RAM: 1024MB HD: 80.0GB, Maxtor 6Y080L0 (Primary IDE master) Most onboard devices (USB, Serial, etc) have been disabled. Any help appreciated Joy --- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/192 - Release Date: 05-Dec-05