Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 11:37:57 cdt From: "DAVID SLOUGH" <DAVID_SLOUGH@NSDGATE3.nsd.fmc.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Install HELP! - kernel panic during install Message-ID: <9602298281.AA828128096@NSDGATE3.NSD.FMC.COM>
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Cheers,
I am a newbie to UNIX on PC's. I got the WC 2.1 distribution to do
some experiments with firewall configs. As yet though I can't even
get the OS running. Linux has run well on this box, but I would
prefer FreeBSD for running firewall tools.
I have searched just about everything in doco/lists on the FreeBSD
site I could for an answer to this one and have had no luck. During
sysinstall while copying files in the /bin directory the boot image
will call a panic for an "unknown/reserved trap", sync disks with 1 or
84, and reboot. This has occurred on every install try.
Machine config:
486 DX2/66
PVI-486SP3 Mother Board - 3 PCI/1 VLB/3 ISA
On-board IDE controller - 2 serial UART/1 parallel
TEAC FD-235 1.44 Floppy
Seagate 420 MB ST349 GEO:899/15/62
Hercules Dynamite VL Pro V8.00
3Com Etherlink III/TP
Adaptec 1522A SCSI controller
NEC 6xe CD ROM
My first try was to do an install from a DOS partition. I copied the
bindist files to the HD from a parallel attached CD-ROM and ran
sysinstall from the floppy image. The panic and subsequent reboot
occurred.
Next I added the SCSI controller and CD-ROM and tried installing from
CD. Same result.
Next I changed the disk geometry to reflect the difference between the
DOS partition and the BSD partition and installed from both the DOS
partition and the CD. Same result.
Finally, I made the whole disk BSD and installed from CD. Same
result.
What am I missing here? Should disk geometry be different? Is there a
known flaky component in my config?
Thanks in advance for the responses =;->.
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Dave Slough - CITIS Network Engineer
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David_Slough@NSDGATE3.nsd.fmc.com - Minneapolis, MN, USA
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