Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:44:01 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Harshbarger <mharsh@fsr.net> To: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 3.4-release install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912210033370.5949-100000@archer.fsr.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991221084735.mj@isy.liu.se>
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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.
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