Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 01:07:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jim@starshine.org> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: jim@starshine.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: text = 0xe3000 - -- and locks: Why? Message-ID: <199607190807.BAA00642@starshine> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960718221726.265I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jul 18, 96 10:23:28 pm
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> > Ugh. This is ugly. Put on the long rubber gloves and dig in... > > On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Jim Dennis wrote: > > Here's the situation: > OK so far. > > First problem: > > Hangs after ze0 or zp0. > Disable 'em from UserConfig (-c on the Boot: prompt). done (as I said) > > Solution: boot with the -c option, ls the configured > > devices, disable npx0 > > (also used visual and disabled all of the > > other unecessary drivers). > > Your math copro must not be 387 compatible then. While you're at it, > disable any other device you don't have. I'm not worried about the mathco (or is it a "mothco" in this case). Although Linux seems to like it just fine -- math emulation isn't built into my kernel (something I found out when I temporarily removed it). > Are you pressing <W>rite? Don't; it's seriously broken. Nope. I learned not to do that from the last time you told me it was broken (a couple of months ago -- on one of those Dell Dimension P133's). > Screwy. Your IDE controller must be interfereing somehow, maybe it has > the same problem as the Promise's do? The IDE has no BIOS extensions. No ROM's at all. It is just straight PC clone stuff. Also my no name paddleboard exhibited the same failure mode. > > Sounds like a corrupted install. I'd try deleting the FreeBSD partition > and start all over, and this time no <W>rites. Alright. One more time into the breach my friends. I was really hoping I could salvage this by copying in a different kernel and getting that to boot but we'll see. I suppose I wouldn't be so frustrated -- except that it boots fine from floppy and it works so well from in Linux. (I'm getting really irritated with my local friends who's answer is "get a newer machine" -- I have several newer machines -- but the 386 is still a fine workhorse and I don't see any reason to throw it away over this). I still use my XT's for some tasks (I'm about to install a voice mail board in one of them in fact). One of them (Hugh Daniels -- uses FreeBSD on any clone he comes across and NetBSD on his SPARC's) suggested that it might be something that the kernel is tripping over in memory. I was thinking of some sort of DMA channel conflict. It's really got me going. Jim Dennis, Starshine Technical Services
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