Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Oliver Schonefeld <oschonef@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/8973: trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode while trying installation w/ boot.flp Message-ID: <199909101730.KAA83703@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/8973; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Schonefeld <oschonef@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Subject: Re: kern/8973: trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode while trying installation w/ boot.flp Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:23:38 +0200 (MET DST) well, after a very long time, i have found time to install freebsd 3.2-release on that compaq machine ... well, that should i say, i worked right out of the box. i used the two 1.44 mb bootdisk and even when not disabling unneeded device drivers, freebsd boots without any problem. there may be a problem on the old compaq machines, if some network card use irq 9, so using this interrupt should be avoided. current configiartion: compaq prosignia 486 w/pentium overdrive 88 mb ram 1x adaptec aha-2742T scsi host adapter (w/floppy diabled) 1x adaptec aha-1740 scsi host adapter 2x 3com 3c579 etherlink iii NICs i am using softuddates and vinum (one volume striped over four disks, one volume mirrored, 2 disks) and the system runs stable, therefore i think this problem report can be closed. so long, olli > > > Which image did you use? By chance the boot.flp? That one is > > > for 2.88Mbyte floppy drives. > > no, i used the 1.44 floppy images. the same disks worked for an other > > machine without any problems (Dual P166MMX, Gigabyte DX, 128 MB, Adaptec > > 2940US onboard). > > after changing the nics irq and disabling a lot of device drives in the boot > > kernel the machine managed to boot and i was able to install the os. > > but it ran rather unstable with 3.0 release and i experienced bad network > > performance with the two 3com 3c579 nics and the vinum driver crashed the > > machine serveral times. > > > > > Could you do us a favour and try again on that specific machine and boot > > > with two boot floppies created from kern.flp and mfsroot.flp for version > > > 3.2-RELEASE > > i will do that. i just recieved the freebsd cdroms w/release 3.2. i hope i > > find the time to put freebsd on that machine next week. > > > > > If you have a 2.88Mbyte floppy drive, also with the boot.flp? > > sorry, i do not have such a floppy drive > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > no problem ... i love freebsd and will help, where i can. > > > > so long, > > oliver To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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