Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:44:03 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Steven Zaveloff <zaveloff@onr.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD will not boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009040941400.1567-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <8p39ph%2Bu9nc@eGroups.com>
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Please ask questions in -questions. This group is meant to HELP people find where to get help. :) You might also want to check out http://www.frebsd.org/mailing and do a search for Fatal Trap 12, which you'll find out is usually an indication of faulty memory. Rick > I recently purchased the "FreeBSD Handbook" that > comes with FreeBSD 4.1 from Walnut Creek CDROM. I > installed it according to the instructions and > configured X-windows, etc. Everything seemed to go > Ok but when I tried to reboot, it started to load > the kernel, I got the copyright message and then > the following error message: > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0xbf57e4c > fault code = supervisor read, page not present > . . . > > The machine then stops. > > I am using a Dell 233 MHz Pentium with 128 MB of > RAM. I installed FreeBSD in a primary partition on > the last 2 GB of a 4.3 GB Western Digital hard disk > (disk no. 3). > > Can anyone help with this? > -------------------------------------------------- > Steven H. Zaveloff > zaveloff@onr.com > P.O. Box 200203 Tel: (512)219-7142 > Austin, Texas 78720-0203 Fax: (707)988-8694 > > http://www.foreignword.com/cv/document_353.htm > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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