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Date:      Mon, 1 Apr 1996 12:04:01 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        DAVID_SLOUGH@NSDGATE3.nsd.fmc.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Install HELP! - kernel panic during install
Message-ID:  <199604010234.MAA02561@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199604010102.KAA01727@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 1, 96 10:32:39 am

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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...)


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