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Date:      Thu, 23 Mar 1995 07:52:36 -0500
From:      rj@cadre.com (Rob deFriesse)
To:        freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Kernel panic early in installation.
Message-ID:  <9503231252.AA03595@newton.cadre.com>

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I'm getting the following when I attempt to boot the "boot" floppy:

  Fatal trap 18: integer divide fault while in kernel mode
   instruction pointer       = 0x8:0xf0181a48
   code segment              = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                             = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
   processor eflags          = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
   current process           = 0 ()
   interrupt mask            =
  panic: integer divide fault
  hit reset please

This error apparently occurred after the boot completed probing the
devices.  I was not presented with the menu that the installation
notes describe.

This is the FreeBSD 2.0 installation from Walnut Creek. (from
/.11/FreeBSD/2.0-RELEASE)  I created the 3.5" floppies using the the
following commands:

  dd if=boot_144.flp of=/dev/diskette bs=18b
  dd if=cpio.flp     of=/dev/diskette bs=18b

(This was done on a Sparc station running Solaris 2.4.)

The machine is an Intel 486DX/2-66 on a Nice EISA mother board with
the SIS chipset, vintage '92-'93.

Are the HD's relevant this early in the process?  I have a Quantum 52
MB IDE, an Adaptek 1742 with a Fujitsu 520 MB SCSI (2426 I think), a
Seagate 2.1 GB SCSI, and a Wangdat 3200 4mm tape.  I have only one
floppy drive. (drive A:)

I tried disabling the internal and external caches.  I turned the
turbo switch off so the machine ran at 25MHz.  Neither helped.

Questions:

    Should I create the boot and cpio floppies from DOS instead?

    Should I switch the Adaptek 1742 over to 1540 mode?

    Should I use a later snapshot release of FreeBSD?

I would be grateful for any help.  Thank you.

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Rob deFriesse                    Mail:    Rob.deFriesse@cadre.com
Cadre Technologies Inc.          Phone:   (401) 351-5950
222 Richmond St.                 Fax:     (401) 455-6800
Providence, RI  02903



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