From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 30 20:17:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA14944 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:17:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA14939 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:17:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00553; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:17:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:17:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: raj cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199708262024.GAA01719@rip.ram.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, raj wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if you can help with an problem I am having when tying to > install freebsd. I am installing it from a cdrom. > > The cdrom boots ok , and I can do the configuration for the hardware > settings using the visual mode. but after that the process halts after > sometime with a prompt saying : panic double fault > .The computer crashes and I have to reboot each time. > > Thanks, any help will be appreciated How much memory is in this machine? There is a known problem with the 2.2.2 boot floppy that would cause a double fault panic with particular memory configurations >32MB; this is fixed on later boot floppies. If you need a new one, contact releng22.freebsd.org, go into the Options menu, and tell it you're installing 2.2.2-RELEASE. 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