Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 13:41:18 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: rfogle@ionet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help!@# Message-ID: <199701262141.NAA08198@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Jan 1997 08:32:17 CST." <199701261432.IAA09157@mail.ionet.net>
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>OK, I unplugged my PS/2 mouse, and that got rid of the: > > BIOS Basemem(639k) != RTC Basemem(640k) > >error.. I also did a $ dd if=boot.flp of/dev/fd0 to make a new boot disk, >but I'm still coming up with: ...just FYI, the above isn't an error. In fact, it's actually expected. It indicates that the BIOS has reserved some memory for its own uses. >FATAL TRAP 12: page fault while in kernel mode > >Fault Virtual Address: 0xcc >Fault Code: supervisor read, page not present >Instructor Pointer: 0x8:0xf019e3de When does this occur? Obviously after the memory probe. It looks like it might be coming from a device driver probe routine. You can probably get past this if you went and disabled any devices you don't have (use the -c flag at the Boot: prompt). Which version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? > If you need any more info, I'll do my best to supply it to you.. Please >help, the future of a Linux convert hangs in the balance.. :) I'm sure we can get you going...the first step is determining where the panic is occuring. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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