From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 13 18:10:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from Hydro.CAM.ORG (Hydro.CAM.ORG [198.168.100.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A06914BCD; Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:10:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from intmktg@CAM.ORG) Received: from Stratus.CAM.ORG (Stratus.CAM.ORG [198.168.100.6]) by Hydro.CAM.ORG (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id VAA29585; Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:10:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 21:10:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Tardif To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fatal trap 12 on startup Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG While installing 2.2.8R (from a CD which I got from cheapbytes) on a 486DX2 66, w/ 16Mb RAM, I get: > sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard > sc0: VGA mono <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > fault virtual address = 0xefc00000 > fault code = supervisor read, page not present > instruction pointer = 0x8:0xf01eee33 > stack pointer = 0x10:0xefbffefc > frame pointer = 0x10:0xefbffefc > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b > = DPL 0, pre 1, def32 1, gran 1 > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 > current process = 0 () > interrupt mask = net tty bio cam > panic: page fault >Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort At this point, I tried a few options at the boot prompt, including: -cv to change any device which could be in conflict -g to try and debug -d also to debug -s just for the hell of it In all cases, I got the same message as above. I simply don't seem to have a chance to fix the problem as far as I can see. I've also searched the freebsd mailing list and handbook/faq, but couldn't find anything. Please suggest a few alternatives, I'd rather learn about this problem instead of going back to my previous release. Thanks in advance, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message