From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 7 21:34:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03079 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 21:34:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03067 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 21:34:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02894; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 00:34:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199803080534.AAA02894@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: New kernel page faults In-Reply-To: from Cory Kempf at "Mar 7, 98 10:30:51 pm" To: ckempf@enigami.com (Cory Kempf) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 00:34:25 -0500 (EST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@nask.pl From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cory Kempf said: > OK, so how does one build a *working* kernel? > > Thanks to an answer from Andrzej Bialecki (give the -a > option to the boot prompt), I can now boot. So, first thing, I tried to > build a kernel for my system (HW details below). > Make sure that you remove bounce buffers. When you have this kind of problem, it is a good idea to post your kernel config file and specify your memory size. Also, is your kernel image below the 1000'th pseudo cylinder? (Your root partition needs to be entirely contained below cyl 1000.) (Just a guess.) > > Any suggestions either where to start looking to figure out the problem, > or, alternatively, any suggestions on how I can more successfully build a > kernel? > Try the DDB trace command. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message