Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 00:45:44 +0000 From: Jason Wells <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Brady Warren <gadget@toad.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic: Double Fault Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980124004544.007c23f0@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <34C968E7.6257B0FA@toad.net>
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At 23:07 1/23/98 -0500, Brady Warren wrote: >I posted this message on one of the FreeBSD Newsgroups with no answers. >Maybe >you guys/gals can help out............ > >If this question has been asked before, sorry to all. > > While booting my system using the 'Bootfloppy' I encountered a >'Panic' fault. The error >message was 'DOUBLE FAULT'. It came after the kernel configuration >screen and after >it ran throught all of its device probes. The last thing it tried to do >was..... >changing root device to fd0c > ....then it tried to sync the disks and locked up tight. > I am running a Intel 133 w/48 meg ram, two IDE drive 2 and 3gig, 1 >CDrom. The >drives are configured in this mannor: 2gig primary master, cdrom slave >and the 3gig >is the secondary master. I also have both the 5.25 and 3.5 floppies. > I am running Win95 and wish to install FreeBSD on the 3gig (if at >all possible). I >realize there might be some reconfiguring of hardware to do; however, >why do I get this >error before I even get to the install screens? > > Any Suggestions? > Brady > gadget@toad.net I had this exact problem. I hear from the grapevine that there is a bug that affects computers with 48MB of RAM. This only affects you during boot from the boot.flp. After installation you will never see it again. I guess that you are using the 2.2.5-RELEASE boot.flp. You can do one of two things. Pull a couple simms and boot with 32MB ram; or get a 3.0-SNAP boot.flp, boot with it, then change the selected distribution to 2.2.5-RELEASE under the options menu. I chose the latter. It worked fine. I can't say about pulling simms. Like I said, I heard it through the grapevine. Also, newsgroups are great, if you like UCE. :) This list is superior to the groups for asking questions and getting correct and timely responses. This web page supports this position. http://www.freebsd.org/support.html Good Luck, Jason Wells
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