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Date:      Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:58:29 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Stephen Krauth <stephenk@stephenk.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot install freebsd 6.0
Message-ID:  <20060119035829.GA61728@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060118194801.E22208@mephistopheles.killermartian.com>
References:  <20060118194801.E22208@mephistopheles.killermartian.com>

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On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 07:49:12PM -0800, Stephen Krauth wrote:
> I'm unable to even boot the FreeBSD 6.0 install CD (i386 version).  I hav=
e=20
> an AMD64 with an Nvidia nForce 3 250Gb based motherboard (MSI K8N Neo=20
> Platinum), currently running 4.10-RELEASE. The 6.0 boot cd dies with:
>=20
>   panic: pmap_mapdev: couldn't alloc kernel virtual memory
>=20
> This happens right after the agp0 load message.  I tried disabling ACPI=
=20
> with no luck.
>=20
> Please help!  I've been a FreeBSD user for almost 10 years and it would b=
e=20
> disappointing to give up now...

Did you

a) Verify the checksum of your iso image,

and/or

b) Try the amd64 version?

Kris

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