misc/87750: btx halted error while installation

[djuvec]

The following reply was made to PR i386/87750; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: djuvec <djuvec at gmx.net>
To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at crodrigues.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/87750: btx halted error while installation
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:40:04 +0200

 Am Freitag, 21. Oktober 2005 03:13 schrieben Sie:
 > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 07:33:19PM +0000, djuvec wrote:
 > > After booting from CD the boot prompt appears. Then after pressing
 > > a number key for booting somthing is loaded from CD, then the CPU
 > > registers are dumped and BTX halted appears. The eip value is always
 > > the same, independent which number key is pressed.
 >
 > Can you provide more info, i.e.:
 > - BIOS type and version
 > - type of CD booting from, i.e. ATAPI, SCSI, or USB
 >
 > I've seen similar problems when booting off of USB CD-ROMs on certain older
 > BIOSes.
 
 I tried to boot the CD on a Samsung X20 XVM 1600 V Notebook. It uses the Intel 
 i915GM Chipset, the BIOS Version is 08Z.