> I am a FreeBSD Newbie trying to install 5.0, but I will Install any > Version that will work, on a Compaq Proliant, Dual 550 MHz with 512 MB > RAM, Smart Array 221 RAID Controller with a RAID 5 Array (4 * 18.2GB) > drives. The installation hangs after discovering the SCSI Tape Drive. > With the following message: > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0 > /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0 > panic: general protection fault > > syncing disks, buffers remaining... panic: bdwrite: buffer is not busy > Uptime: 20s > > What tricks can I use to get this installed? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Scott
I'm having problems with Compaq Hardware as well. I'm mainly interested in how to generate the necessary debug/core information, so that others more skilled than myself may find the cause of this problem. I'm not sure how to proceed given the boot media is read-only. Compaq 1850R Dual PIII 600Mhz * 512MB RAM Adaptec 2940 *same problem happens with single cpu I've placed the console output at the end of this email. I've clipped some of the boot data, the full output can be found here: http://ra.dweebsoft.com/console.html Once the host fails, it locks hard. Num-lock fails to toggle, and Ctrl-Alt-Del won't reboot the host. Also, even if no keys are struck, the host fails to reboot itself after the reported 15 seconds. ------------------------------- During the boot (prior to my specification of set console=comconsole) the following error is reported on the vga console acpi: bad RSDP checksum (224) FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0a60000. Preloaded mfs_root "/boot/mfsroot" at 0xc0a600a8. Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC" frequency 598185546 Hz CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (598.19-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> real memory = 536854528 (511 MB) avail memory = 510607360 (486 MB) Initializing GEOMetry subsystem Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4423680 bytes at 0xc062679c npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: <Intel 82443BX host to PCI bridge (AGP disabled)> at pcibus 0 on motherboard pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 ... ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0x2400-0x24ff mem 0xc6ffe000-0xc6ffefff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0 aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs ... eisa0: <EISA bus> on motherboard mainboard0: <CPQ0679 (System Board)> on eisa0 slot 0 ... Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec acd0: CDROM <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6102B> at ata0-master PIO3 Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle Fatal trap 18: integer divide fault while in kernel mode instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc0454102 stack pointer = 0x10:0xd6a0dce8 frame pointer = 0x10:0xd6a0dce8 code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags = interrupt enabled, IOPL = 0 current process = 11 (idle) trap number = 18 panic: integer divide fault syncing disks, buffers remaining... done Uptime: 2s Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort <host unresponsive at this point> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
