Re: Installation kernel panic

[Nicholas P Bamber]

This would turn Hurd from a bit of cheap and cheerful fun,
into a £300 project. Hmm.....


----- Original Message -----
From: Lars <cryptr@cryptr.net>
To: Nicholas P Bamber <nicholas.bamber@eidosnet.co.uk>
Cc: <bug-hurd@gnu.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Installation kernel panic


>
> I would advice you to download a debian install iso and burn it on a cd
> then boot on it and install.
>
> worked flawlessly for me......
>
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Nicholas P Bamber wrote:
>
> > I have tried installing Hurd and everything seems to go
> > quite well util the last stage of the first boot.
> > At this point the kernel panics.
> >
> > The precise actions were:
> > a.) mke2fs -O sparse_super -o hurd /dev/hdc1
> > b.) mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc /gnu
> > c.) cd /gnu
> > d.) tar --same-owner -xpzf /backup/gnu-20011016.tar.gz
> > e.) reboot under grub
> > f.) grub> root (hd1,0)
> > g.) grub> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd2s1
> > h.) grub> module
> >
hurd/ext2fs.static  --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-p
> >
riv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task
> > =${exec-task} -T typed ${root} ${task-create} ${task-resume}
> > i.) grub> module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec ${exec-task=task-create}
> > j.) grub> boot
> >
> > I noticed that it seemed to find the correct ide devices,
> > so I believe it was working reasonably well upto the point of panic.
> > The machine reboots too quickly for me to take down many details,
> > but I believe that EIP = 0x12144b at the point of panic.
> > It would be quite nice if a more recent cut could be placed in the
archive,
> > as I would be quite happy to just try again.
> >
> >
> > /proc/cpuinfo looks like the following:
> > processor : 0
> > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> > cpu family : 6
> > model  : 4
> > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor
> > stepping : 4
> > cpu MHz  : 1001.803
> > cache size : 256 KB
> > fdiv_bug : no
> > hlt_bug  : no
> > sep_bug  : no
> > f00f_bug : no
> > coma_bug : no
> > fpu  : yes
> > fpu_exception : yes
> > cpuid level : 1
> > wp  : yes
> > flags  : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36
> > psn mmxext mmx fxsr 3dnowext 3dnow
> > bogomips : 1998.84
> >
> > /proc/pci as follows:
> > PCI devices found:
> >   Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
> >     Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
> >       Vendor id=1106. Device id=3112.
> >       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=8.
> >       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
> >   Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
> >     PCI bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
> >       Vendor id=1106. Device id=b112.
> >       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
> >     ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 64).
> >       Vendor id=1106. Device id=686.
> >       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
> >     IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
> >       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.
> > Latency=32.
> >       I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001].
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
> >     USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 26).
> >       Medium devsel.  IRQ 9.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.
> >       I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401].
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  3:
> >     USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 26).
> >       Medium devsel.  IRQ 9.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.
> >       I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
> >     Bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 64).
> >       Vendor id=1106. Device id=3057.
> >       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.
> >   Bus  0, device   7, function  5:
> >     Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev
80).
> >       Vendor id=1106. Device id=3058.
> >       Medium devsel.  IRQ 5.
> >       I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
> >       I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001].
> >       I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].
> >   Bus  0, device  12, function  0:
> >     Ethernet controller: NS Unknown device (rev 0).
> >       Vendor id=100b. Device id=20.
> >       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 11.  Master
Capable.
> > Latency=32.  Min Gnt=11.Max Lat=52.
> >       I/O at 0xec00 [0xec01].
> >       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000000].
> >   Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
> >     VGA compatible controller: Trident Unknown device (rev 0).
> >       Vendor id=1023. Device id=8500.
> >       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 10.  Master
Capable.
> > Latency=32.
> >       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5800000 [0xe5800000].
> >       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000000].
> >       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000 [0xe5000000].
> >
> >
> >
> >
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