From nobody Mon Feb 8 03:35:51 1999 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA20580; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:35:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <199902081135.DAA20580@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 03:35:51 -0800 (PST) From: ashridah@mira.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Install Panics in with integer divide fault (progress report shows -ve kb/secs) X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 9962 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Install Panics in with integer divide fault (progress report shows -ve kb/secs) >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 8 03:40:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: Thu Jul 19 14:54:05 PDT 2001 >Last-Modified: Thu Jul 19 14:56:23 PDT 2001 >Originator: Andrew Pilley >Release: 2.2.8 - stable (cdrom from Dec1998) >Organization: >Environment: N/A >Description: The FreeBSD installer progresses to installing the files into any part of the file system, often a random part. then it seems to get confused about the installation rate, and seems to cause either a divide by zero panic, or an integer divide fault. tried to install for either CDROM or MSDOS slice with similar problems, tried disabling 32bit and block mode in bios, and lba using ide 2.1g drive type ST-(something or other) haven't tried changing drive into another computer and installing and then moving back, will soon the installation seems to get further when i use tty1 instead of the main screen but still with no effect? >How-To-Repeat: use same drive type? pentium seems to need F00F workaround (wasn't that just a security issue) >Fix: i've got no ideas >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Andrew Pilley To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, ashridah@mira.net Cc: Subject: Re: i386/9962: Install Panics in with integer divide fault (progress report shows -ve kb/secs) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:45:20 +1100 resolved this issue myself, turns out that my amibios had an option that was 'enhancing' my IDE controller, so i put that in standard mode, and all is well. State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: mike State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 19 14:54:05 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: As per the Audit-Trail, the originator was able to fix his problem by changing a BIOS setting. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9962 >Unformatted: