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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: champlin@stolaf.edu
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Subject: Re: syncing disks
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On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 champlin@stolaf.edu wrote:

> Everytime I try to install freebsd on my computer the computer freezes. 
> It happens when syncing disks but there is a kernel panic message just
> prior to syncing disks.  Why would this happen?  What can I do about it? 

Your disk controller is quitting prematurely.  What are the details on
your machine?

Sorry for the delay on this.

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