Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard.

[Guillermo Fuentes]

I did the minimal installation posible for 4.8 and when I reboot the kernel
shows me the same error.
I have tried everthing.
Any other suggestion will be must than welcome.
Thanks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.no-ip.com>
To: "Guillermo Fuentes" <gfuentes at mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD in M754LMR Motherboard.


> "Guillermo Fuentes" <gfuentes at mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>
> > Hello there,
> >
> > This is the fisrt time I'm trying to install FreeBSD. I really like the
> > project and I decided to study it and learn from it.
> > I have not been able to install it in my PC:
> > Motherboard: M754LMR (http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M754LMR.html):
> > Video  adapter (onboard):  NVIDIDA Aladdin TNT2
> > Devices (onboard):
> >  ALi M1533 PCI to ISA bridge
> >  ALi M1621 CPU to PCI bridge
> >  ALi M1621 PCI to AGP bridge
> >
> > Processor: Celeron 600MHz
> > Memory: 192MB RAM (-16MB taken to video adapter NVIDIDA Aladdin TNT2 )
> > Hard Drive: 4GB
> >
> > The problem I'm having is that when the kernel start loading, it gives
me
> > the
> > following error.
> >
> > ...
> > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> > agp0: <Ali Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xd8000000-0xdbffffff at
device
> > 0.0 on pci0
> > panic: contigmalloc1: size must not be 0
> > Uptime: 0s
> > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds
> >
> > I have search for a posible solution but I have not found anything
helpfull.
> > I flash the EPROM of the motherboard with the last version
> > (ftp://ftp.pcchips.com.tw/BIOS/M754LMR/) and it din't work.
> >
> > I'm getting the same error for FreeBSD 4.8 release or 5.1 current, but
in
> > different moments.
> > With FreeBSD 4.8 release the installation reach the "Configure X Server"
> > section and allways fail when I specify the video card I have. Then,
when I
> > reboot, I receive the error message mentioned above.
> > With FreeBSD 5.1 current the error is show when the Installation CD
boots
> > and try to load the kernel.
> >
> >
> > Can someone tell me if this motherboard and configuration is not
supported
> > by FreeBSD?
> > What can I do to get my FreeBSD running in this configuration?
>
> My suggestion would be to do the 4.8 installation, without installing
> X up front.  Rebuild a kernel without the AGP device, and then go back
> and try to install and configure X.