From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 25 1:14:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FA437B4C5 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:14:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13zbPt-00052q-00; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:14:41 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eAP9Dji65348; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:13:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:13:45 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Bernd Walter Cc: "Person, Roderick" , "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org '" Subject: Re: Machine Panic with 4.0 Alpha install Message-ID: <20001125101345.A65328@freebie.demon.nl> References: <20001125035938.A438@cicely8.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20001125035938.A438@cicely8.cicely.de>; from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de on Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 03:59:38AM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message