Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:58:01 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: amd64/76973: BTX Halted Message-ID: <200502071358.01772.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200502052230.j15MUK64038890@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200502052230.j15MUK64038890@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 05 February 2005 05:30 pm, David O'Brien wrote: > The following reply was made to PR amd64/76973; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> > To: Bart Veurink <bart_veurink@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: amd64/76973: BTX Halted > Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:21:43 -0800 > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 05:44:51PM +0000, Bart Veurink wrote: > > I got a problem with installing FreeBSD from CD (Mini and Normal). This > > is my first time to try a BSD. It gives the Error in the bootloader, BTX > > Halted. By The Way why are there not ISO's for FreeBSD 6.0 > > > > First some info and a Error: > > int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00010086 eip=00027788 > > eax=80000011 ebx=00037000 ecx=c0000080 edx=00000000 > > esi=00036000 edi=00035000 ebp=000948a4 esp=0009e870 > > cs:eip:0f 22 c0 b8 00 20 04 00-8b 35 98 7f 04 00 8b 3d > > 9c 7f 04 00 0f 01 10 ea-a6 77 02 00 08 00 89 f0 > > ss:esp:69 95 00 00 00 40 c9 00-00 50 c9 00 10 10 04 00 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00-00 00 00 00 58 b0 06 00 > > BTX Halted > > This should not have happened. Unless something has changed lately, the > FreeBSD loader and BTX are the same for both the 'i386' and 'amd64' > platforms. Can you try installing from an 'i386' ISO? If the kernel faults very early on (such as executing an amd64-specific instruction) before it has reset the interrupt descriptor table, then BTX will end up handling the subsequent fault. That appears to be what happened here. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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