5.4-release install problem

[Darryl Hoar]

To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 5.4-release install problem


>[Deleted]
>
>Well,
>I went and tried to look at the scrolling text.  It had several
> columsn with "in" "err" "ef1" "cip".  Their is a line that says:
>BTX Halted.
>ss:esp=
>
>I'm pretty sure this is not the normal boot process.  I'll look at the
>handbook as suggested.
>
>-Darryl

I found this when I Googled BTX Halted. ss:esp= :

| BTX Loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01

|> int=00000006  err=00000000  efl=00010246  eip=00001934
|> eax=00021d60  ebx=00000000  ecx=00000000  edx=ffffffff
|> esi=00000000  edi=00020c34  ebp=00094bec  esp=00094bdc
|> cs=0026  db=0033  es=0033  fs=0033  gs=0033  ss=0033
|> cs:eip=0f 44 d6 89 55 fc 46 83-2c b7 00 74 05 83 fa ff
|> ss:esp=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff
|> BTX halted


|did you try a hard power reset after this message?  I have an old
|IBM intellistation that does the same thing with 5.x.  After I install
|I get the BTX halted, but if I cold boot it after the message it
|will boot.

|It sounds like you get the BTX Halted error before you install, is that
|correct? If I remember correctly, the ISO image from the web site
|should have an MD5 hash. Have you compared the hash on the web site
|with the hash of the ISOs you downloaded?

|Bryan

Yes, the BTX Halted error occurs prior to the install.  I tried hard power
reset
after getting the message and it still occurrs.   I verified the MD5 has and
its
clean.  I am out of ideas.

Is there a special way to burn the iso's in windows using Nero ?  I followed
the
nero instructions for burning an ISO image disk.

thanks,
Darryl