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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:06:41 -0500
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From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com>
Subject: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE dies on startup
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I installed FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE, but on trying to start, it dies after the
first line of diagnostic message output (after the inital boot: prompt,
that is.  Unfortunately, I'm not near the system in question.)

I read in the errata that "The GPL_MATH_EMULATE kernel option causes a
fatal trap during system startup" and was wondering if this might be the
problem I'm seeing.  If so, how can I correct it?  This is not a custom
kernel (first boot after install), so I can't recompile without this option
yet.  Is there anything I can invoke at the boot prompt to get me past this
point or give me more info on what's going wrong?

Thanks for the assist,
K.S.


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