Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 17:45:56 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Message-ID: <19970920174556.12779@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970920035820.24174A-100000@keystone.westminster.edu>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Sat, Sep 20, 1997 at 04:01:28AM -0400 References: <19970920172418.60708@lemis.com> <Pine.BSI.3.95.970920035820.24174A-100000@keystone.westminster.edu>
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On Sat, Sep 20, 1997 at 04:01:28AM -0400, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> a bunch of addresses, something >>> about supervicor read failed...? >>> Then it says system will reboot in 15 secs. >>> I tried taking out everything I don't have, leaving everything in, and a >>> couple random configs. Same result.. >> >> This looks like a bug to me. In fact, there's no question: anything >> that causes the kernel to panic is a bug. >> >> Are you saying that the system panics during boot? Can you say >> exactly where? How much memory does your machine have? > I have a Compaq Presario, originally a Pentium 120, now a Cyrix 6x86 166. > I have 24 megs of RAM installed, put there's a aparently a hangup in the > Compaq architecture, or the FreeBSD interface to it, which means that only > 16 megs is detected with the GENERIC kernel; this was true in 2.1.6, and > in 2.2.1; I always have to compile a custom kernel to use more than 16. > It panics right after I quit the kernel config and save; I don't get any > messages about probes after that; it clears the screen and goes right to > the panic. I could see if I can get a screen shot of it; I stil have the > SNAP boot.flp here somewhere... Hmmm. What happens if you don't go into the kernel config? Greg
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