From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Feb 9 20:47:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA15022 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 20:47:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from overlord.dmv.com (root@overlord.dmv.com [206.30.64.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA15017 Fri, 9 Feb 1996 20:47:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from overlord.dmv.com by overlord.dmv.com via SMTP (950215.SGI.8.6.10/940406.SGI.AUTO) id XAA12140; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:46:43 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:46:43 -0500 (EDT) From: Patrick Ferguson To: Søren Schmidt cc: Swarthy , sos@FreeBSD.org, bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Console driver causes panic!? In-Reply-To: <199602091805.TAA00515@DeepCore.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Swarthy who wrote: > >=20 > > Hello, i recently encountered a strange problem. > >=20 > > While trying to install FreeBSD onto my system, it would crash just bef= ore > > the (nice) color menu driven install screen. Crash with a panic: page f= ault > > that is. So, upon trying a bunch of things with the driver selector, i = found > > the problem to be in the console driver. If i removed EVERYTHING except= the > > console driver, it would still crash, but then, if i added all the stuf= f i=20 > > needed, and left out the console driver, it would boot fine, and jump r= ight > > into the menu install screen...but i couldn't use my keyboard of course= .. > >=20 > > My setup is as follows: > >=20 > > 386 40Mhz no FPU - Desktop (NOT a laptop) > > 1 105MB IDE hd.. > > 4 MB Ram (30 pin) > > One regular ISA serial port, HD controller. > > One NE2000 ethernet card, at IRQ 9. > > SVGA Card (Oak 77) > > No mouse, one 1.44 MB Floppy, standard keyboard. >=20 > Uhm, FreeBSD-2.1.0 wont install in 4MB, you'll need atleast 5MB for an > installation to succed. This is the problem here not the console driver. > =20 >=20 > -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D- > S=F8ren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Cor= e Team > Even more code to hack -- will it ever end > .. >=20 I've got it installed on a 386 with no FPU and 4MB RAM. Had no problems. = =20 Patrick