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Subject: bin/4832: 2.2.5-RELEASE panic at install menu Buslogic SCSI
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>Number:         4832
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       2.2.5-RELEASE panic at install menu Buslogic SCSI
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 23 07:20:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Kelly
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2.5-RELEASE
>Environment:
Can't get that far
>Description:
2.2.5-RELEASE panics a few seconds after displaying
the main install menu.  It says:

  syncing disks... panic: getnewbuf: inconsistent empty queue, qindex = 0

This problem only happens on a machine with a Buslogic
445C VLB controller and two SCSI disks.  I tried it on
a different machine which is IDE only, with no problem.

On the Buslogic SCSI machine where the problem occurs,
it happens every time.  No matter whether I prune as many
probes as possible or leave them all in, the result is the
same.  I even cleared the partition table from both disks
and tried it again, but the problem still happens.



>How-To-Repeat:
Install on a machine with Buslogic 445C VLB SCSI.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: