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Date:      Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:42:13 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>
To:        "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Machine Panic with 4.0 Alpha install
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10011241538380.23138-100000@mail.cafes.net>
In-Reply-To: <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B026040EF@1UPMC-MSX6>

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I think you should be good with a SCSI CD-ROM, provided the freebsd cd you
have is bootable.

Of course, who is to say that the machine won't kernel panic again
(besides the development team =P)?

Mike

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Save the whales.  Feed the hungry.  Free the mallocs.

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Person, Roderick wrote:

> Ok,
> 
> I have got freebsd to get to the point of loading the Kern and MFS floppies
> and the graphical install come up. I have done this 3 times and at various
> point there after I get the error.
> 
>              machine panic possible kernel overflow.
> 
> how do I get around this? Is it a know problem?
> 
> I'm installing on a noname AXPpci33 running at 166M with 16 parity memory.
> No on board cache. I have a SCSI hard drive, but the CDROM is a IDE and is
> not getting picked up. I was attempting to install via ppp.
> 
> I'm on my way to look for a SCSI CDROM, should I pick up anything else?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Rod.....
> 



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