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Subject: Re: URGENT HELP - FreeBSD kernel refuses to boot
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Dean Hollister wrote:

> Hiyall,
>
> 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
>
> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
>
> Any ideas. I just don't know what to do. :-(
>

  May be you disk have a bad blocks on swap partition.    (I was have
this problem in such situation)

> Regards,
>
> d.
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------+
> | Dean Hollister,           | deanh@iinet.net.au        |
> | Perth, Western Australia. | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au |
> +-------------------------------------------------------+