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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