From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 23:34:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71B116A4D5 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:34:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F48843D39 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:34:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.jenkins@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so188814rne for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:34:12 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=QuzTc6PnWo2fSQkvi2FXghKy9i32Sp0dPjn1vdTWc4Xwkday8q01umiqWBNpeExoZnn4ZX3qMfkmNX9Ns5N4OlYkD1VncBLfidMMe0UQq3FrD3fIanuwOD7mdzP9RrNWFM5r1ufPY731LOuiM0wUW52HWSdXur7LTitxYA3aTUE= Received: by 10.38.165.3 with SMTP id n3mr720062rne; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:34:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.208.66 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:34:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9395922d04110915345824bab6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 23:34:11 +0000 From: David Jenkins To: Mathew Pauhl In-Reply-To: <20041109211229.31463.qmail@web12603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041109211229.31463.qmail@web12603.mail.yahoo.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: signal 11 in 5.3-STABLE install in multidisk, dual-boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: David Jenkins List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:34:13 -0000 On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:12:29 -0500 (EST), Mathew Pauhl wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to install 5.3-RELEASE (miniinst.iso), > removing Debian linux, alongside a M$2k partition. > Essentially all I do is boot to the CD and once I > attempt to do (any) type of install, as soon as I try > and change my slice layout (as soon as I hit the arrow > key actually), I get a '...caught a signal 11, > rebooting..saving what I can ...' message. > > I've installed 5.2 before (a few monthes back), and > never had this problem. > > I researched and found some people who were having > similar problems in 2003, forget the version..they > suggested it was a hardware problem, but there was no > resolution/answer given in the discussion thread. > > I have a Dell PIII (866MHz) w/ 256 RAM, 2 CD > drives.... Hi, I'm afraid I don't know the solution to your problem but you may find some useful information for dealing with this kind of issue here. http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ I randomly used to get signal 11 problems with a particular MySQL version, but upgrading to a later version cured that. Memory is quite commonly at fault (and quite easy to verify), so if you have more than one stick try removing one of them and/or swapping them around and see if you still get the same problems (you could also run memtest http://www.memtest86.com/ ) Hope this helps. David