From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 29 17:25:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA02297 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:25:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA02292; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:25:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA06655; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:24:17 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma006653; Tue Jul 30 00:24:05 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA02198; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:24:05 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:24:05 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199607300024.RAA02198@meerkat.mole.org> To: cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov, lithium@cia-g.com Subject: Re: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [...] > lithium> Fatal tral 12: page fault while in kernel mode [...] > lithium> Hardware: 16meg of parity ram, AMD DX4/100, SiS 85c471 > lithium> chipset motherboard (ick!) with VLB bus, Adaptec 284x SCSI > lithium> controller, S3 video card, etc. > > I just brought up 2.1.5R on an AMD486-100 and got a very similar > problem after rebuilding the kernel. It spat out this kind of error -- > in random processes like sh and inetd -- and failed to boot. > > At the time I was trying to compile in support for a GUS MAX and PC > Audio devices. > > I also noticed I was getting file corruption, as if my disk was dying > or some such, so I suspect that possibly the kernel file also had > corruption, causing a bogus instruction to be executed. I just > re-installed on a new disk, so if this disappears, I'll blame the > drive. If not, I'm not sure :-( > Try disabling the external cache. From experience :-( -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good