Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 20:17:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: raj <raj@ram.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970830201622.544A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199708262024.GAA01719@rip.ram.net.au>
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On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, raj wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if you can help with an problem I am having when tying to > install freebsd. I am installing it from a cdrom. > > The cdrom boots ok , and I can do the configuration for the hardware > settings using the visual mode. but after that the process halts after > sometime with a prompt saying : panic double fault > .The computer crashes and I have to reboot each time. > > Thanks, any help will be appreciated How much memory is in this machine? There is a known problem with the 2.2.2 boot floppy that would cause a double fault panic with particular memory configurations >32MB; this is fixed on later boot floppies. If you need a new one, contact releng22.freebsd.org, go into the Options menu, and tell it you're installing 2.2.2-RELEASE. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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