Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 00:00:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Doug Junkins <junkins@foghead.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980409000000.13615V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408101106.2644E-100000@fidalgo>
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On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Doug Junkins wrote: > > > I've just tried installing 2.2.6-RELEASE on my system (currently running > > > 2.2.2-RELEASE) using the standard boot floppy and am getting the following > > > kernel panic just after the "probing devices" screen comes up: > > > > > > panic: vm_fault: fault on nofault entry, addr: f2f02000 > > > > > Is there any more output than this? We need to know *exactly* where this > > appears and the full text of any panic output (if there's more than what > > you've shown me). > > > > After the system boots from the install disk and the blue screen with the > "probing devices" messages comes up there is alot of disk activity. After > a few seconds of disk activity the above kernel panic is displayed with a > message that the system will reboot in 15 seconds (or press a key to abort > the automatic reload). Okay, I see. Try booting and put -v on the Boot: prompt, then when the Probing Devices .. message comes up hit ALT-F2. There's a bug I'm hunting that makes the wd slice probe loop a ton of times, it may be biting you in a different way. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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