From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 28 18:27:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10606 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 18:27:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from staff.cs.usyd.edu.au (staff.cs.usyd.edu.au [129.78.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA10601 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 18:27:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhenry@white.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au) Message-Id: <199811290227.SAA10601@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installation problems To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:27:11 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" In-Reply-To: from "alissa bader" at Nov 28, 98 11:46:46 am Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I get a a "fatal trap 12: page fault in kernel mode." > Then the machine reboots. I had this exact problem. I don't remember what caused it, though :( I'll rack my brain and contact you if I remember. > I have been tearing my hair out over this for the past 2 days. I've tried > switching hard drives, I've made a new boot disk,I have disconnected and > reconnected everything inside that computer at least a dozen times. It's not a hardware problem. (At least, it wasn't for me). Is your hardware configured correctly? There might be a clash between devices somewhere. Now I see the value of keeping a diary of all the problems I encounter and their solutions. Ok brain, to the rack with you... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message