From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Jun 3 11:20:09 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA09035 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 11:20:09 -0700 Received: from mstr.hgc.edu (mstr.hgc.edu [129.5.16.228]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA09025 for ; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 11:20:08 -0700 Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 14:20:07 -0400 From: noni4737@mstr.hgc.edu (walter noniewicz) Received: from sd2.hgc.edu ([129.5.160.2]) by mstr.hgc.edu (5.67a/IDA-1.5/HGC-1.8) id AA08271; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 14:20:07 -0400 Message-Id: <199506031820.AA08271@mstr.hgc.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: kernel page fault while doing tar to /dev/rft0 Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I added a Conner floppy tape drive to a machine running 2.0R. When a tried to "tar cvf /dev/rft0" the machine choked: Fatal tray 12: page fault while in kernel mode fault virtual address = 0x4 fault code = supervisor read, page not present instruction pointer = 0x8:0xf0191906 code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xffff, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 current process = 100 (tar) interrupt mask = panic: page fault syncing disk... 5 5 2 done It then goes into an automatic reboot. I'll be happy to supply configuration details if any one cares. Otherwise, consider this just an FYI item. Thanks. Walter