From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 14 15:13:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA16972 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:13:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.wellserv.com (7YptdTTizm0/R6trtATTOz+Dk47odWLm@sinister.wellserv.com [207.153.66.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA16948 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:13:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wellserv.com (L+jbzkzUGMfbmBlfbHGWqzvUlBSq4SCA@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wellserv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA28337; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:12:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Michael Smith Cc: ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2-RELEASE is driving me up the bloody wall!!!!! References: <199708141458.AAA20795@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-reply-to: <199708141458.AAA20795@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:12:21 -0400 Message-ID: <28333.871596741@wellserv.com> From: "Paul F. Wells" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 15 August 1997 at 0:28, Michael Smith wrote: > The Classiest Man Alive stands accused of saying: > > At 12:38 PM 8/14/97 +0930, Michael Smith wrote: > > >rdkeys@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu stands accused of saying: > > >> I have had perfect success getting the 3.0 snaps going and the 2.1.7.1 > > >> going on various machines, but 2.2.2 is driving me up the wall!!!! > > >> > > >> What gives......? > > > > > >Do you have 48M of memory, by any chance? > > > > I just had a failed 2.2.2-RELEASE installation last night and I *do* have > > 48M of RAM? Do you know something? Spill it, man! > > There is a bizarre bug in the 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel that causes a fatal > trap if and only if you have 48M of memory. If you have 32, 40, 56, > 64M or anything else, it works fine, but 48M is fatal. > > You can either remove some memory for the install, or (preferably) > install a later snapshot of the 2.2-STABLE tree from releng22.freebsd.org > dmesg sez: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Aug 13 02:43:59 EDT 1997 root@sinister.wellserv.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/PRESARIOF CPU: Pentium (100.23-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping=5 Features=0x1bf real memory = 50331648 (49152K bytes) avail memory = 46452736 (45364K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: Let's see: 49152 /1024 = 48. This bug must have crept in after the CD was burned. -- Paul F. Wells 627 Heather Drive Lithia Springs, GA 30122 +1 770 941 5810