Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:46:43 -0500 (EDT) From: Patrick Ferguson <patrick@overlord.dmv.com> To: Søren Schmidt <sos@DeepCore.dk> Cc: Swarthy <swarthy@dvdt.thetasys.com>, sos@FreeBSD.org, bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Console driver causes panic!? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960209234505.11764A-100000@overlord.dmv.com> In-Reply-To: <199602091805.TAA00515@DeepCore.dk>
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On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Søren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Swarthy who wrote: > > > > Hello, i recently encountered a strange problem. > > > > While trying to install FreeBSD onto my system, it would crash just before > > the (nice) color menu driven install screen. Crash with a panic: page fault > > that is. So, upon trying a bunch of things with the driver selector, i found > > the problem to be in the console driver. If i removed EVERYTHING except the > > console driver, it would still crash, but then, if i added all the stuff i > > needed, and left out the console driver, it would boot fine, and jump right > > into the menu install screen...but i couldn't use my keyboard of course.. > > > > My setup is as follows: > > > > 386 40Mhz no FPU - Desktop (NOT a laptop) > > 1 105MB IDE hd.. > > 4 MB Ram (30 pin) > > One regular ISA serial port, HD controller. > > One NE2000 ethernet card, at IRQ 9. > > SVGA Card (Oak 77) > > No mouse, one 1.44 MB Floppy, standard keyboard. > > Uhm, FreeBSD-2.1.0 wont install in 4MB, you'll need atleast 5MB for an > installation to succed. This is the problem here not the console driver. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end > .. > I've got it installed on a 386 with no FPU and 4MB RAM. Had no problems. Patrickhelp
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