On Tuesday 07 June 2005 03:29 pm, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > Hi, > > I bought new laptop; Panasonic Let's Note CF-R4 > (http://panasonic.jp/pc/products/r4g/index.html), and I'm trying to > install FreeBSD in it without any success. > The FreeBSD installer cannot boot at all, and it ends up with BTX > halted before loading kernel. Perhaps, it occurs during boot2 or > loader. However, I cannot look at output messages due to endless loop > of output. So, I cannot identify where it is actually. > I tried CD-ROM of 5.4-RELEASE, 5.3-RELEASE, 5.2-RELEASE, 4.11-RELEASE > and 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP004-i386-disc1.iso. I also tried boot.flp of > 5.4-RELEASE. > I tried several combination of available BIOS settings without any > success. > The installer of NetBSD 2.0.2 can boot just fine, though. > I'm embarrassed. How can I install FreeBSD into my new laptop? > > Sincerely, Hmm, well. First off, try disabling DMA for the hard drive and CD-ROM in the BIOS. Secondly, you can hack on btx to add a while (1) loop ('foo: jmp foo') and move it around to get it to stop looping after the first fault so you can capture the details. I can help you with that if you aren't familiar with x86 assembly. Once that is done, I can look at the fault details to try to figure out what your BIOS is doing that is making the machine unhappy. -- John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Tue Jun 21 2005 - 17:46:07 UTC
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