From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 9 11:54:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA28247 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:54:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA28242 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:53:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA18223; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:53:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:53:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Dean Hollister cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URGENT HELP - FreeBSD kernel refuses to boot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Dean Hollister wrote: > Odyssey's kernel is returning the error: > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0xe6cb7a28 > fault code = supervisor read, page not present > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xf01b4d3b > stack pointer = 0x10:0xf54a0c74 > frame pointer = 0x10:0xf54a0c90 > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, EIPL = 0 > current process = 1 (swapper) > interrupt mask = > trap number = 12 > panic: page fault When does it do this? > Any ideas. I just don't know what to do. :-( Run the following and post the output: nm /kernel | grep f01b4 Start backing off letters from the grep if you don't get anything. On 2.2.5's GENERIC kernel this is in the _swap_pager. What does `swapinfo' report? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major