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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 15:30:18 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        jont@mpce.mq.edu.au (Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.1R install/multiboot problem
Message-ID:  <199903021330.PAA01895@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <199903020906.UAA12029@krakatoa.mpce.mq.edu.au> from Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL at "Mar 2, 99 08:06:16 pm"

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Jonathon Earnshaw TIDSWELL wrote:
 
> System: Dell OptiPlex GXpro
> 
> disks:
> 	wd0: Quantum 3GB, two NTFS partitions, the first bootable
> 	wd1: Quantum 516MB, 1 freebsd partition
> 
> install using floppies and ftp (ftp.au.freebsd.org)
> 
> 'novice' install appears to complete successfully
> 
> on boot I get two options
> 
> "F1     ??"
> "F5     disk1"
> 
> "Default F1:"
> 
> selecting F1 boots NT successfully
> selecting F5 bring up a new menu
> 
> "F1     FreeBSD"
> "F5     disk0"
> 
> "Default F1:"
> 
> selecting F1 almost immediately results in a dump of the registers and
> the message "system halted".
> [ The screen hasn't been cleared, or scrolled by messages about device
> probing, the problem is early on. ]
> 
> Any suggestions as to whats wrong and how to fix it ?

There've been a couple of compatibility problems corrected in the
boot code since 3.1-RELEASE; but we'd need the actual register
dump to tell whether this is a problem that's been fixed or needs
fixing.

-- 
Robert Nordier


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