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Date:      Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:13:45 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>
Cc:        "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>, "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org '" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Machine Panic with 4.0 Alpha install
Message-ID:  <20001125101345.A65328@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20001125035938.A438@cicely8.cicely.de>; from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de on Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 03:59:38AM %2B0100
References:  <ABC15E2D8FBCD311B4A200805FA7D59B026040EF@1UPMC-MSX6> <20001125035938.A438@cicely8.cicely.de>

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On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 03:59:38AM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 12:18:07PM -0500, 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?
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if 16Meg is to low.
> 32M is fine for this board as it's not very fast anyway.

No, I have run 4.x on a 16Mb Multia. Slow as molasses, 32Mb makes
it 2x faster. But it does run.

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 					Arnhem, the Netherlands
wilko@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org 		http://www.nlfug.nl



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