03-09-2005, 08:10 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Kernel Panic on installing FreeBSD 5.3 for i386.
Maybe someone here can help me out. I wanted to try out FreeBSD, so I have been trying to install 5.3 for i386 on a crappy P1 with 64MB RAM and a BIOS that is borked in that it can't boot from CD-ROM though it says it can.
What I have done: 1. Created the necessary boot floppy disks via fdimage.exe from MSDOS (3 disks: 1 boot and 2 kernel). 2. Booted from the first floppy and went through the process of swapping the disks as ordered by the loader until the FBSD run screen came up. 3. Started FreeBSD. What happened: After probing all (I think) the devices, I got a kernel panic. Here are some of the details of that (it looks serious): Code:
Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode fault virtual address = 0x0 fault code = supervisor read, page not present instruction pointer = 0x8:0x0 stack pointer = 0x10:0xc1021d50 frame pointer = 0x10:0xc1021d60 (. . . and so on until . . .) panic: page fault Uptime: 1s Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Last edited by phukraut; 03-09-2005 at 08:13 PM.. |
03-10-2005, 05:50 PM | #2 (permalink) | |
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just wondering, did you check the md5 sums of the disks before/after burning?
for the 5.3 production they should be from ftp://ftp11.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeB...3/CHECKSUM.MD5 Quote:
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03-10-2005, 07:45 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Yes, the MD5 for disc1 checks out (that's all I'm using). Some more news is that I did manage to start up the install via booting from CD-ROM on another box, an AMD-K6, and had no problems all the way through. I'm wondering if there's a hardware conflict somewhere.
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03-10-2005, 08:27 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I might suggest downloading Knoppix or Debian net-install. Debian can run on almost anything, old hardware included. At least if it installs and seems to work properly, you will know it is probably FreeBSD just not playing friendly.
Knoppix would probably give you hardware errors on bootup if something hardware-wise is faulty.
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03-10-2005, 08:59 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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I have a soft spot for FreeBSD/BSDi of old - fast, stable, fast - but you're probably correct that you have one or more pieces in that box that aren't supported. Some old things fell off with 5.x. Remove /disable everything but video and see if you get any further. After that, I'd be checking the support groups.
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03-10-2005, 10:33 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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You might also look into <a href="http://openbsd.org">openbsd</a> & <a href="http://netbsd.org">netbsd</a>. Both are 4.4BSD based and share lineage with FreeBSD. Each have their advantages. All are wildly stable assuming good hardware.
We ran our ISP on early BSDi and FreeBSD (from late '94). Wind River & linux flavors came later. Migrated through fbsd4 while I was involved. Of course, gui's, desktop apps, and unproven drivers will always take a box down but our uptimes went as long as we didn't need to tweak/build kernels or upgrade hardware. (longest was 500-odd days for an old nameserver - go Vixie - it became obsolete & was unplugged before it crashed.) |
03-10-2005, 10:35 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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03-10-2005, 10:44 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Many old systems need a boot floppy like phukraut described, either because of the drive or the BIOS. The thing is, you can pick up an old tank P3 or better system on craigslist for $50. It really isn't worth fighting the ancient systems just for the time they cost. I cried a little when I dumped my early-mid 90's Pentium servers & AMD boards, but try a buildworld on one and the knife cuts a little easier. Gack.
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03-11-2005, 03:32 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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irseg, I never even considered that possibility. I have an old DVD-ROM sitting around. Maybe I'll make use of it. As for the hardware conflict, I have a feeling it's my SCSI card, though I haven't tested that yet. Too bad, because that's the only reason I even bother with this machine (I want to access my old scanner for which the Win driver is long gone, but SANE will run it). I could pick up a P3, buy a new card, or just buy a USB scanner, but somehow I have to meet this challenge---for no good reason!
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freebsd, i386, installing, kernel, panic |
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