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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:00:19 +1000 (EST)
From:      Simon Coggins <chaos@ultra.net.au>
To:        John Kelly <mouth@ibm.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2.5 Boot Floppy and Kernel Panic
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.971121095907.6356A-100000@ultra.ultra.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3475ced7.3953995@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>

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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, John Kelly wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 07:37:42 +1000 (EST), Simon Coggins
> <chaos@ultra.net.au> wrote:
> 
> >RAM: 64 Meg of ram in 4x16 EDO
> >
> >What gets me is the 2.2.2 boot disk still works fine.. Just not 2.2.5 :/
> >
> >>> fatal trap 9 general protection fault while in kernel
> 
> 64 meg of RAM?
> 
> Sounds like the problem I reported a while back in 2.2.5 -- the one
> where it used to be (in 2.2.2) 48 meg of RAM showing the problem.   
> 
> Try removing a SIMM to leave 48 meg and then boot the old 2.2.2
> floppy.  If it fails at 48 meg with the "double fault" panic, then you
> have the old slippery 48 meg bug.
> 
> Then you can load 2.2.5 -- it will boot with 48 meg.

I'll try this.. But first thing i did was remove 2 simms and droped it to 32
meg of ram.. 2.2.5 still paniced.. 

*stumped*

Regards
Simon




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