From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 31 18:14:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA19517 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA19506 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:13:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA02561; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:04:01 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604010234.MAA02561@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Install HELP! - kernel panic during install To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:04:01 +0930 (CST) Cc: DAVID_SLOUGH@NSDGATE3.nsd.fmc.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604010102.KAA01727@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 1, 96 10:32:39 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > 486 DX2/66 > > PVI-486SP3 Mother Board - 3 PCI/1 VLB/3 ISA > > Normally I would slag your motherboard/cache hardware, however these > boards are actually pretty good stuff. Try disabling the WriteBack cache > option (go to WriteThrough). Argh, the other thing to do is disable all the other fancy IDE stuff (Block mode and 32-bit mode) - I think this is mentioned somewhere on the floppies supplied with the board. (I can't remember if you were using an IDE disk...) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[