Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 15:59:02 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: deuerl@baerle.indra.de, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: double fault Message-ID: <199712100459.PAA06829@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Wed Dec 3 20:39:19 MET 1997 >> >> When inserting more than 64MB in my maschine it crashes on boot up >> with the message >> >> double fault > >Boot from the hard disk, you mean, or boot from the installation >floppy? > >> i thought this bug was fixed ... > >There have never been any known memory limitations for booting off a >hard disk or other non-installation media. That was strictly an >MFS-related problem on the boot floppy. ProbIng memory has always known to be unsafe, and wasn't done until 2.2.5, so there was a safe 64MB limit. From machdep.c: /* Use BIOS values stored in RTC CMOS RAM, since probing * breaks certain 386 AT relics. */ Bruce
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