Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:57:45 -0500 From: Todd Kennedy <todd@selfassembled.org> To: Jason Stewart <jstewart@rtl.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Panic on Install Message-ID: <3ED33E48-1BDF-11D8-9B1A-000393095F0C@selfassembled.org> In-Reply-To: <20031120133508.GA11801@rtl.org> References: <35C44356-1B22-11D8-9B1A-000393095F0C@selfassembled.org> <20031120133508.GA11801@rtl.org>
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Jason... Thanks for the tip. I ran memtest86 all day today (about 4/5 cycles) and it didn't come up with any errors. I'm going to try the installer on another motherboard to see if it's some odd motherboard/processor combo. Thanks again. Todd On Nov 20, 2003, at 8:35 AM, Jason Stewart wrote: > On 20/11/03 01:24 -0500, Todd Kennedy wrote: >> Hello... >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 (from the Mini CD ISO) on my system, >> yet the instant it tries to load the driver for my ethernet card, it >> has a Fatal trap 12. >> > > Hi Todd, > > Did you try testing your memory extensively? I've had bad memory work > fine in one OS and perform really badly in another. Memtest86 > (http://www.memtest86.com/) has worked well for me in the past, but > I've had times when it wouldn't work, especially when the BIOS > reserves a chunk of memory that happens to be bad :) > > Jason >
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