From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 12:54:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA07960 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 12:54:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pompano.pcola.gulf.net (root@pompano.pcola.gulf.net [198.69.72.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA07953 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 12:54:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp53.pcola.gulf.net (ppp53.pcola.gulf.net [198.69.72.73]) by pompano.pcola.gulf.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA13850; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:53:29 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <320A61D0.3D34@gulf.net> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 14:53:20 -0700 From: Gary Bond X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5aGold (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Werner Griessl CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Page faults during installation References: <199608081232.MAA15324@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Werner Griessl wrote: > > > I have BSDisc release 2.1.0 and I keep getting page fault errors at > > different stages during the installation with the disc resyncing > > and then a susequent reboot. This has happened on about 20 different > > attempts to install from cdrom , hard drive patition, and diskette. > > > > > > Cyrix DX266 , 16MB 60ns ram , have allowed 1 GB for bsd on the hard > > drive. LeadingEDGE Fortive 5000 computer. > > > > Is this infomagic release a bad cdrom to install from?? > > New to BSD. Thanks, gary > > > > Hi Gary, > Try to use the bios defaults for your board. > Perhaps you have "overtuned" your bios settings. > Another reasons are bad cache or memory modules. > > Hope this helps, > Werner Thanks Werner, I had just bought new memory that worked fine under windows but not so good for BSD unix. Put my old memory in and it went off without a hitch. Thanks again, gary