Scott, Scott Long wrote: > Christopher Kelley wrote: > >> Paul Dekkers wrote: >> >>> Christopher Kelley wrote: >>> >>>> I am having a problem installing 6-RC1, that I am wondering if this >>>> will also fix. It starts to copy from the CD drive, then pretty >>>> quickly I get; >>>> >>>> panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: c641e000 >>>> Uptime: 1m44s >>>> Cannot dump. No dump device defined. >>>> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to >>>> abort. >>>> >>>> This is a straight install, I'm not running under VMWare (and I >>>> haven't actually a clue what QEMU is), but I don't know if this is >>>> something that might be related. The addr is different each time. >>>> >>>> This is my "beater" machine, an old P233/mmx with only 96megs, but >>>> I've successfully installed various 5.x versions, windows, etc on >>>> this machine. I've even in the past successfully cvsup'd from 5.4 >>>> to 6, just to see if it would work. >>> >>> FWIW, I just experienced the same with a straight install on a Dell >>> PE 1300, a PIII-500. >>> It was half way through copying the "bin" set. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> BTW, Probably unrelated: I had to disable apic in order to boot (I'm >>> on the latest BIOS, A12) and ACPI disabled itself. >> >> Heh, ever get a new idea right after you press "enter" to send a >> message? I *DID* get it to work, by going into the BIOS and >> disabling UDMA access for both master and slave on the secondary IDE >> controller (the CDROM is on the secondary master, nothing on the >> secondary slave). I left the UDMA on for the primary IDE controller >> (where the hard drive is). >> >> So that's weird. Because I didn't have do that to install 5.x or >> Windows 98. I guess it won't affect anything, I don't think CDROMs >> are UDMA anyways. >> >> Christopher > > There is a candidate fix for all of these 'panic while copying files off > the CD' problems. I've tested it successfully under Qemu since it > happens most often there and in VMWare, but there is no reason why it > shouldn't also happen on real hardware. So, for those with some to > test, please go to ftp://ftp.freebs.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots and > download the ISO there and install it. Then let me know ASAP whether > it helps or not. It helps; the 13 October snapshot installs just fine. Paul P.S. Unlike Christopher I have no UDMA settings in the BIOS, and hw.ata.ata_dma=0 didn't do it for me, so this fix is certainly welcome :-)Received on Thu Oct 13 2005 - 19:46:13 UTC
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