Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 19:37:24 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org> To: Dan Walters <hannibal@cyberstation.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with newer installation disks? Message-ID: <19970809193724.42698@wakky.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970809181545.1993A-100000@citrine.cyberstation.net>; from Dan Walters on Sat, Aug 09, 1997 at 06:21:27PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970809181545.1993A-100000@citrine.cyberstation.net>
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On Sat, Aug 09, 1997 at 06:21:27PM -0500, Dan Walters wrote: > I was trying to install a snapshot off releng22.freebsd.org a couple weeks > ago on one of our office machines, but got a "panic: double fault" message > at the end of the boot process. I figured it was probably bad RAM or > something and said forget it, but then a co-worker managed to sneak a copy > of Linux in on me and it worked fine... Does your machine have 48MB of RAM in it, per chance? There's a bug in the 2.2.2 boot floppy that makes it panic on that configuration. Try going down to 32MB or up to 64MB to get around it. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL+++^i GDF- B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Di $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code
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