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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 07:39:56 +0100
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gentlemen,

i would like to use FreeBSD. however, i encounter problems when i try to
install the OS.

i downloaded the floppy and image-copied it to disk. after booting with
this floppy, i configuer my hardware options. after finishing this the
probing starts. and then the kernel crashes with a "panic: double
fault". the system goes to "syncing disks..." and nothing happens
anymore.

at the configure menu i only chose the console, two ide controllers and
the floppy. i checked the console and the ide and they seem ok to me
(are detected correctly and they use different values for addresses,
irq, dma).

one thing that puzzles me is, that my floppy address is at 0x3F2
(according to the win95 system info), but the configuration menu uses
0x3F0 (and this cannot be changed). however, i get the above error also
when i disable the floppy (acutally i even get the error when i only
chose to use the console).

could you please help me with this problem and mail me, what i am doing
wrong?

best regards

patience