From nobody@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 3 08:45:54 2000 Return-Path: Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id 23EFD37B479; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:45:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20001103164554.23EFD37B479@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:45:54 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com Sender: nobody@FreeBSD.ORG To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: 486SLC2-50MHz won't boot 3.x or 4.x floppies, but does boot 2.2.7 X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 22577 >Category: misc >Synopsis: 486SLC2-50MHz won't boot 3.x or 4.x floppies, but does boot 2.2.7 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 03 08:50:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: Wed May 30 21:10:07 PDT 2001 >Last-Modified: Wed May 30 21:14:40 PDT 2001 >Originator: Jesse Monroy >Release: 2.x, 3.x and 4.x >Organization: Digital Marshalls >Environment: N/A >Description: A korean made Laptop does a register dump instead of booting. Running: 486SLC2-50MHz CHIPS SCATsx/PEAKsx BIOS Version 128 MFG: NAE WAE Semiconductor Co., LTD. Model: INEX 4150 system has 8 megs of RAM ------------------------------- I can type the register dump in to the PR, if it will help. The system does report: int=0000000d err=00000000 .... >How-To-Repeat: Boot with an installation floppies of any of the following version: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 The register dump does vary slightly from version to version. >Fix: System does boot from a 2.2.7 diskette. This seems to suggest something from 3.0 on is causing the problem. This could caused by a CPU test or some other boot related test/probe. If someone is willing to work on it, the laptop could be made available for testing. Currently, it is scheduled to become the SVBUG "club computer" for club meetings. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Sheldon Hearn To: opentrax@email.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/22577: 486SLC2-50MHz won't boot 3.x or 4.x floppies, but does boot 2.2.7 Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 20:30:47 +0200 On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 08:45:54 PST, opentrax@email.com wrote: > System does boot from a 2.2.7 diskette. > This seems to suggest something from 3.0 on is causing the problem. Or that you're not using the correct combination of floppy images. Which two floppy images did you download and write to disk, and are you sure they were downloaded with FTP binary mode? :-) Ciao, Sheldon. From: opentrax@email.com To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/22577: 486SLC2-50MHz won't boot 3.x or 4.x floppies, but d oes boot 2.2.7 Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:21:21 -0800 (PST) On 9 Nov, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 08:45:54 PST, opentrax@email.com wrote: > >> System does boot from a 2.2.7 diskette. >> This seems to suggest something from 3.0 on is causing the problem. > > Or that you're not using the correct combination of floppy images. > Which two floppy images did you download and write to disk, and are you > sure they were downloaded with FTP binary mode? :-) > I have all the binary images listed in the PR. ALL images work correctly. I use them all the time to build machines. (I have 20+ machines.) All diskettes are labeled and all diskettes were post-tested on other machines, to verify working diskettes. I might have a doubt about one pair of disketes, maybe two (2) but not six (6) pairs. All on different brand diskettes. All download at different times. And all verified to be working after the fact. I'd be more than happy to reproduce the test, with diskettes and the machine, at any of the local BSD User Group club meetings. If requested, I could have the entire set available to the team in Walnut Creek. best regards, Jessem. From: opentrax@email.com To: alcino@tci.ufal.br Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/22577: 486SLC2-50MHz won't boot 3.x or 4.x floppies, but d oes boot 2.2.7 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 02:22:00 -0800 (PST) Could you please fill out a PR (Problem Report) at: http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html I said that I MIGHT work on this, if I get time. I suspect the problem is in the CPU probe code. As such I need to build a new set of boot diskettes to test this. I'm not sure when I'll get time, but if you fill out a PR there will at least be some information to check on. On 6 Dec, alcino@tci.ufal.br wrote: > > I'm having a similar problem with a 486Dx2/66 IBM > ValuePoint. I don't test yet with the 2.2.7 diskettes, > just with 4.1 and 4.2. The the boot reads the diskettes > and start a flashing problably registers show > (illegible but I could gues this). I'm a newbie with > FreeBSD, but a bit experiencied with computers so jokes > like to ask if I'm using the right pair of diskettes > are useless. > > Question: I can install FreeBSD after booting with > older diskettes? > > PS.: a friend report to me that he have the same > problem with a 486, but all work well in a K6, and a hd > transplantation back to the 486 works well. > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: unfurl State-Changed-When: Wed May 30 21:10:07 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: This problem seems to be isolated to this one machine since no one else has made any similar comments. Also, it's almost impossible to duplicate since it seems to be this particular piece of hardware. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=22577 >Unformatted: