6.0 panics on boot

[Hans Nieser]

Derek Ragona wrote:
> 
> I have a computer that has been running FreeBSD 4.X and 5.X without
> problems.  It runs 5.4 with no problems at all.  This system has an 
> Intel 845 Motherboard and chipset, Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz CPU, 1 GB 
> RAM, NVidea GEForce MX/MX 400 video card, atapi CD-RW, IDE hard drive, 
> standard floppy.  Nothing very exotic in this hardware.
> 
> I tried first to cvsup to 6.0, and rebuild everything.  The build was 
> fine including a custom kernel, but when I tried to boot the new 6.0, I 
> got a panic, Fatal trap 12, page fault at the NVidea driver in the 
> boot.  So I re-booted the kernel.old, reverted my sources to 5.4 and 
> rebuilt the system all again.
> 
> As the system rebuilt I downloaded and burned the ISO 6.0 image.
> 
> I tried to boot the ISO image and do a binary upgrade.  The CD booted 
> 6.0 fine, and the upgrade installed with only one error that the X.org 
> was already present.  When I tried to boot the new 6.0 GENERIC kernel 
> that was installed, I got the same panic/page fault error I had when I 
> updated via cvsup.
> 
> But since the same GENERIC kernel boots fine from CD I suspect there may 
> be some loader options I might need?  I'd appreciate any help with 
> getting 6.0 to boot without the panic.
> 
> Thanks

Hi Derek,

You probably just have to stop the nvidia driver from loading by 
specifying "unset nvidia_load" at the boot prompt and reinstall the nvidia 
driver once the system is booted.

That's what I did at least, and I have had no problems while I've heard 
from other people that didn't disable and rebuilt their nvidia drivers 
that they also got panics on boot.