From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 20 01:33:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA05356 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 01:33:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA05336 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 01:33:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id SAA25163; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 18:02:55 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970920180254.10101@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 18:02:54 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: Doug White , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install References: <19970920174556.12779@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew D. Fuller on Sat, Sep 20, 1997 at 04:24:23AM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Sep 20, 1997 at 04:24:23AM -0400, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>>> 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? > Just tried it again; didn't go into config. As near as I can tell, it's > the same error. Here's an approximate screen shot; the info's right, > spacing may be off; pen and paper necessary when print screen doesn't > work: > (clear screen) > avail memory = 12886016 (12584k bytes) That's interesting. > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0xeffe0000 > fault code = supervisor read, page not present > (I imagine that's the important part for now, but here's the rest) No, the rest is important too. > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xeffe0000 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xf03ddf44 > frame pointer = 0x10:0xf03ddf74 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = resume IOPL = 0 > current process = 0 () > interrupt mask = net tty bio > trap number = 12 > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds, blah blah blah... > > Gee, I love this; this is just like copying down traps under OS/2... Sorry to hear you're having this trouble. I'd hazard a guess that it's a Compaq incompatibility, but I don't have time to follow up on it. In an earlier message, you told me which version of FreeBSD you're running. If it's -current, you should inform the -current people (FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org); otherwise you could try the -hackers (FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org). Greg