From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 4 23:38:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA23996 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 23:38:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA23919 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 23:38:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA02620; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 09:23:23 +0200 (IST) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V2.0) id xma002618; Thu, 5 Mar 98 09:23:14 +0200 Message-ID: <34FE5668.5B3A@barcode.co.il> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:38:16 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Nakamura CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic: double fault References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim Nakamura wrote: > > hello, > > I'm trying to install freebsd, but when booting up from the boot > floppy I keep getting the message 'panic: double fault'. then > on the next line: 'syncing disks...' and the system seems to freeze > up on me. What's going on here? > > Thanks, > > Jim. What version are you trying to install??? What is your hardware configuration? Some versions (2.2.2 being one of them, IIRC), had trouble booting the install disk on a machine with 48MB of RAM. Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message