Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:52:40 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Damien DIXSAUT <damien@cristal.cristal.asso.fr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with 2.2.2 boot disk Message-ID: <33DAF038.77D7@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970726124006.4628N-100000@localhost>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Damien DIXSAUT wrote: > > > When I boot with 2.2.2 boot disk, everything goes well (kernel visual > > configuration, where I disable all devices I don't use, beginning of > > boot...) but when it comes to 'changing root device to fd0c', I get 'Panic: > > double fault Syncing disks' followed by a system hang ! > > > > I tried all sorts of configurations, and this system works VERY well > > with version 2.1.5, 2.1.7 and 2.2.1. > > > > Any idea ? Thanks for your help ! > > There are some as of yet unknown problems in 2.2.2 that causes this to > occur. You might try using a 2.2-STABLE boot floppy and reseting it to > point to 2.2.2-RELEASE. It might be better the other way around. I had a similar problem with -STABLE boot disks ( at least up to 970708). The cure was to boot 2.2.1 boot disk and point it to the STABLE SNAP I wanted to install... There are also reports of 3.0-CURRENT boot disks giving better results. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo Nadav
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