RE: xl0: watchdog timeout

From: clayton rollins (crollins666_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/24/04

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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:05:44 +0000

    On June 24, 2004, clemens@dwf.com wrote:
    >
    >Im sure that this question has been answered about a 1000 times
    >on this list, but I couldnt find the answer in the archive.
    >
    >I have a machine that 'dual' boots windows2000 and several
    >versions of Linux (rh8, rh8, Fedora2, + others) and everything works fine.
    >
    >I have, over the last year tried installing FreeBSD 4.9, 5.2, 5.2.1, and
    >I always end up with the same problem. The install seems to go fine,
    >but when I boot, I get the message
    >
    > xl0: watchdog timeout
    >
    >and I have no networking.
    >
    >This CANT be a hardware problem, since the other OS run fine, yet Ive
    >got to be awfully dense (and consistant) to get the same error with each
    >release of FreeBSD..
    >
    >So what am I doing wrong???
    >
    >[[ For reference, I DID have a version of FreeBSD on a previous machine
    >several years ago,- I dont remember problems like THIS ]]
    >
    >
    >--
    > Reg.Clemens
    > reg@dwf.com
    >

    Hi Reg.,

    You must write freebsd-questions@freebsd.org for technical
    support. (They should CC you on any replies, so you don't
    need to subscribe. And, if you mention you're a newbie, they'll
    be extra nice :).)

    That said, I'm replying on newbies as I think they'd want more
    information anyways.

    After searching the mailing lists here:
    http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists
    it seems likely that there *is* some subtle hardware issue.
    (Shared interrupts seem to be a popular cause; you may want
    to tinker around with that a bit.)

    If you don't get it figured out, you should write questions@
    and include at least the model of motherboard, model of NIC,
    and what devices are installed/enabled. What slots are being
    used could be useful as well. And, if you possibly can, I would
    try to include as much information, as possible, on what
    resources the devices are using.

    Regards,
    Clayton

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