From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 9 00:01:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA05907 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:01:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA05897 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:00:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA13788; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:00:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:00:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Doug Junkins cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 install problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Doug Junkins wrote: > > > I've just tried installing 2.2.6-RELEASE on my system (currently running > > > 2.2.2-RELEASE) using the standard boot floppy and am getting the following > > > kernel panic just after the "probing devices" screen comes up: > > > > > > panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: f2f02000 > > > > > Is there any more output than this? We need to know *exactly* where this > > appears and the full text of any panic output (if there's more than what > > you've shown me). > > > > After the system boots from the install disk and the blue screen with the > "probing devices" messages comes up there is alot of disk activity. After > a few seconds of disk activity the above kernel panic is displayed with a > message that the system will reboot in 15 seconds (or press a key to abort > the automatic reload). Okay, I see. Try booting and put -v on the Boot: prompt, then when the Probing Devices .. message comes up hit ALT-F2. There's a bug I'm hunting that makes the wd slice probe loop a ton of times, it may be biting you in a different way. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message