[nycbug-talk] Help getting FreeBSD current to boot (5.2.1 release does work)

[Jonathan]

pete wright wrote:

> 
> On Jun 13, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Jonathan wrote:
> 
>> Dan Langille wrote:
>>
>>> On 13 Jun 2004 at 11:08, Jonathan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wold anyone be willing to help me get a -current kernel to boot on 
>>>> my computer?  As the subject says 5.2.1-release boots fine but any 
>>>> recent (within a month +) -current fails to boot successfully.  I 
>>>> can test any patches etc. the machine is just sitting right now 
>>>> while I try to get it to work.  I don't have a null modem cable and 
>>>> really don't want to pay Radioshack prices for one but I will if I 
>>>> need to.  I'm located on FT Drum if anyone is willing to help in 
>>>> person and lives nearby or knows someone nearby who may help.  I'd 
>>>> really like to get FreeBSD -current running because I want to stick 
>>>> with 5.x and 5.2.1 release has several known security issues.  I 
>>>> will probably switch to -stable when it becomes 5-stable.
> 
> 
> i'm game to help you out but i think the folks on the list would need a 
> bit more info your setup, like hardware specs etc.  also if you could 
> post the output of a "dmesg."  also, are you trying to boot off GENERIC 
> or is this a custom kernel?  If custom, try booting off GENERIC.  
> finally, i would post the "uname" of the release that boots fine.
> 
> -p
> 

Booting GENERIC 5.2.1 and trying GENERIC -current

The computer is a Pentium I 233MHz with 128MB RAM (My desktop has 
problems too but the 233 computer will be dedicated to FreeBSD so I want 
to get it working first).  I have a site I can post anything on to avoid 
large on-list messages as well if that would be better for this list.  I 
will post a transcription of the error messages and a boot -v later but 
I'm in the middle of a 12 hour buildworld/buildkernel (trying -current 
dated 5 May 2004 to see if that works).

Uname:
FreeBSD server.kc8onw.net 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon 
Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 
root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

dmesg:
Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
         The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004
     root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/5.2.1-release/kernel" at 0xc09e3000.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Pentium/P55C (233.86-MHz 586-class CPU)
   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x543  Stepping = 3
   Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX>
real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
avail memory = 120758272 (115 MB)
Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 
7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata0: [MPSAFE]
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
ata1: [MPSAFE]
uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xd000-0xd01f irq 
10 at device 7.2 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
piix0: <PIIX Timecounter> port 0x5f00-0x5f0f at device 7.3 on pci0
Timecounter "PIIX" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 0
pci0: <display, VGA> at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
dc0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 
0xffeef800-0xffeefbff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:04:5a:50:27:e0
miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> at port 
0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (port)
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 233864612 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc2045160
ad0: 19569MB <WDC WD205AA> [39761/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: CDROM <BCD-40XH CD-ROM> at ata0-slave PIO4
ata1-slave: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY no interrupt
ata1-slave: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY no interrupt
ata1-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY no interrupt
ata1-master: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY no interrupt
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a