Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:24:05 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> To: cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov, lithium@cia-g.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Message-ID: <199607300024.RAA02198@meerkat.mole.org>
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[...] > lithium> Fatal tral 12: page fault while in kernel mode [...] > lithium> Hardware: 16meg of parity ram, AMD DX4/100, SiS 85c471 > lithium> chipset motherboard (ick!) with VLB bus, Adaptec 284x SCSI > lithium> controller, S3 video card, etc. > > I just brought up 2.1.5R on an AMD486-100 and got a very similar > problem after rebuilding the kernel. It spat out this kind of error -- > in random processes like sh and inetd -- and failed to boot. > > At the time I was trying to compile in support for a GUS MAX and PC > Audio devices. > > I also noticed I was getting file corruption, as if my disk was dying > or some such, so I suspect that possibly the kernel file also had > corruption, causing a bogus instruction to be executed. I just > re-installed on a new disk, so if this disappears, I'll blame the > drive. If not, I'm not sure :-( > Try disabling the external cache. From experience :-( -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good
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