Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 01:14:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: "Fatal trap 18" Message-ID: <20060902081451.GA45289@thought.org>
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This is to any kernel exerts on-list. I'm more stumped right
now than if I'd seen Elvis and had a DNA confirmation..
A few hours ago I was working away on another server while ssh'd
into tao.thought.org. When I realized it wasn't responding, I
buttoned over on my KVM to find the first fatal err in years. Maybe
the first ever since FreeBSD 2.0.5. It read
"Fatal trap 18" blah**3
...
"panic: integer divide fault".
I've lost several hundred gig, but nothing I can't replace. What
gets me is that no matter how I Set the BIOS, it always boots --or
tries to-- from the single hard drive. I have all three set to
"CDROM"; no matter I run into the boot error. I have managed to get
to the menu of misc choices. "boot /boot/kernel.old" works, but it
says to hit return and then instead of booting to the older
kernel, it hits the fatal trap. It's like there are bloody
ghosts in the system:)
So what's the bottom line? This 5-year-old box has no floppy; I
only have one usable hand so can't unscrew another floppy drive
and boot from that [[&c]]. Is there anything I can do to reboot
from the menu-driven list?
tia, folks,
gary
PS: I was building gimp when this happened.
PPS: stats: 5.4, #5. ballpark 700Mhz, 3/4th G memory, 200G drive.
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