Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:36:53 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Guy Harrison" <ghar5402@bigpond.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation error Message-ID: <20040503213653.100b01a5@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <000801c42f6b$4219cdd0$bdb48890@GUY> References: <000801c42f6b$4219cdd0$bdb48890@GUY>
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[ 72 chars / line, please ] On Sat, 1 May 2004 20:28:37 +0930 "Guy Harrison" <ghar5402@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Sorry to trouble you > I am pretty much a N00b with FreeBSD, and my previous experience with > it consisted of a Squid proxy server running on FreeBSD at work. This > system has been extremely reliable and hence I wanted to set up a > similar setup for my home network now that I am on unlimited > broadband. > > I have downloaded the "5.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso" Try at least 5.2.1 or one of the snap-shots from -Current. There have been a lot of improvements on the 5.x since 5.2-RELEASE. > file and burnt it onto a CD. I then place it into an older PC and > received the following error "Error: stack overflow" This line appears > after the 7 boot options and the ASCII image of a little devil. BTW, it's not a devil but a daemon and his name in "Beastie"; it will haunt you if called "devil". > If I persist with keystrokes it will eventually display the OK prompt > however the keyboard letters are replaced with windings and arte > therefore illegible. > > The system is a P200 with 32Mb Ram and 2.5GIG HDD if this helps any. I'm not sure, but I think you need a little more RAM for 5.x with the GENERIC kernel, which could explained your error. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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