From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 21 0:38:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from archer.fsr.net (archer.fsr.net [207.141.26.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B44315400 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:38:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mharsh@fsr.net) Received: from localhost (mharsh@localhost) by archer.fsr.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA20315; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:44:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mharsh@fsr.net) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:44:01 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Harshbarger To: Micke Josefsson Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: RE: 3.4-release install problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Micke Josefsson wrote: > > On 21-Dec-99 Mike Harshbarger wrote: > > > > I've been anxious to install the new 3.4-RELEASE via floppy and have been > > running into a problem. I've made multiple sets of floppies to rule out > > bad media as the problem. At the same repeatable point, the installer > > says: > > > > "A signal 11 was caught - I'm saving what I can and shutting [sic] > > If you can reproduce the problem, please turn Debug on in > > the Options menu for the extra information it provides in > > debugging problems like this." > > > > > > The last two debug lines are: > > > > "DEBUG: Command `/stand/gunzip < /stand/help/distributions.hlp.gz > > > /tmp/.doc/doc.tmp' returns status of 0 > > DEBUG: Signal 11 caught! That's bad!" > > > > Hmm. Signal 11 usually means there is something wrong with your memories. One > way to - easily, not foolproof - check memories is to run a make world and if it > does without Signal 11, you're in the clear. > > I'd try replacing the memory. Or perhaps even just remove a bank or two, > perhaps the error is in the upper memory - in which case the problem would > vanish if they are not plugged in. Or swap them around. ('Trial and horror' > begins here...) Thanks for the advice, but I've tried the exact same sequence of steps on three completely different machines (dual p3/500, p200, 486/80) and gotten the same results. I can't select a custom set of "distributions" without the 3.4-RELEASE floppy install barfing on me. :( I don't think it's the memory. .-. .-. / \ Mike Harshbarger, Sys/Net Admin .-. / \ / \ First Step Internet (www.fsr.net) --/---\-----/-----\-------/-------\- 1.208.882.8869 / 1.888.676.6377 `' \ / \ / \ `-' \ / `-' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message