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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jim Nakamura <jz@mediacity.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Panic: double fault
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980305230957.24994n-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980304222659.6962A-100000@home001.mediacity.com>

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On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Jim Nakamura wrote:

> I'm trying to install freebsd, but when booting up from the boot
> floppy I keep getting the message 'panic: double fault'.  then
> on the next line:  'syncing disks...' and the system seems to freeze
> up on me.  What's going on here?

This is the classic 2.2.2-48MB RAM problem (or 64MB on 2.2.5-RELEASE,
reportedly).  

Pull a couple of SIMMS out, install, then put them back; the problem only
affects the boot floppy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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