From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 5 23:10:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA21786 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA21686 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA25297; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:10:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Jim Nakamura cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic: double fault In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message