Hi everybody.
Installing FreeBSD on an Optiplex GX1 has proved difficult. I would like to share my findings hoping that they can be helpful improving the product and/or for other users.
I want to dedicate this thread to the "panic" problem and will be adding a second thread to deal with an installation issue that I consider to be related to the hard drives I am using.
Panic problem.
The following message was displayed while booting the FreeBSD 9.0 i386 disc1:
the system had BIOS version A07 so I updated it to version A10 and the problem disappeared.
The problem still shows up while booting if ACPI is deactivated on the FreeBSD boot menu. The message is as follows :
not being sure which part is actually the critical one, I am including two lines before and two after the panic message. Let me know if more details are required.
I would like to add that different a panic message shows up while booting prior versions of FreeBSD (8.2 and 8.3), but they might be related to the fact that I am using PXE to boot.
Thanks to all the people behing FreeBSD for all your time and energy, and for your ongoning efforts to make this amazing product a reality.
Juan
Installing FreeBSD on an Optiplex GX1 has proved difficult. I would like to share my findings hoping that they can be helpful improving the product and/or for other users.
I want to dedicate this thread to the "panic" problem and will be adding a second thread to deal with an installation issue that I consider to be related to the hard drives I am using.
Panic problem.
The following message was displayed while booting the FreeBSD 9.0 i386 disc1:
Code:
panic: resource_list_delete: resource has not been released
...the system had BIOS version A07 so I updated it to version A10 and the problem disappeared.
The problem still shows up while booting if ACPI is deactivated on the FreeBSD boot menu. The message is as follows :
Code:
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 pnpid PNP0303
isa0
panic: resource_list_delete: resource has not been released
cpuid = 0
KDB: stack backtrace:
...not being sure which part is actually the critical one, I am including two lines before and two after the panic message. Let me know if more details are required.
I would like to add that different a panic message shows up while booting prior versions of FreeBSD (8.2 and 8.3), but they might be related to the fact that I am using PXE to boot.
Thanks to all the people behing FreeBSD for all your time and energy, and for your ongoning efforts to make this amazing product a reality.
Juan