Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:21:55 -0800 From: Dave Swager <dvswager@arc.nasa.gov> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha/32757: fatal kernel trap using generic kernel for install on Alpha DS20 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011213091317.00b22348@mail.arc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <20011212230049.E76738@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15383.53971.863681.746881@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200112121758.fBCHwct31759@freefall.freebsd.org> <15383.53971.863681.746881@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Turns out I was incorrect on the amount of memory installed on this box. I inherited it from the previous admin., and the numbers he gave me were incorrect. It actually had 4G of RAM, which apparently was what was causing the problem. Kind of embarrassing since that information is clearly displayed as the OS is loading. I removed all but 1G of memory, and the install worked fine. I remember reading somewhere that the install can't use more than some amount of memory. Once everything is installed, can I put the full 4G in there? -Dave At 11:00 PM 12/12/2001 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: >On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:57:39PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > Dave Swager writes: > > > > > > uname unavailable, won't boot. DS20 with 1G RAM, (2) 9G hard drives. > > > >Description: > > > Booting the machine using the install CD gives the following error: > > > > > > fatal kernel trap: > > > > > > trap entry = 0x2 (memory management fault) > > > a0 = 0x60 > > > a1 = 0x1 > > > a2 = 0x0 > > > pc = 0xfffffc0000521f90 > > > ra = 0xfffffc0000541b88 > > > curproc = 0 > > > > Unfortunately, the install kernels are stripped, so I can't see where > > the crash is happening. > > > > Can you provide a few more details, please? Where in the boot process > > does this happen? A transcript from a serial console would be ideal. > > It would also be helpful to see the results of the SRM 'show conf' > > command on this machine. > > > > You might also want to try the 4.3 boot floppies to see if there was > > some sort of regression between 4.3 and 4.4. > >Really strange. I tested 4.4-RC CDs on our DS20 at work. No problems. > >Can I also get a SHOW CONF from the SRM? > >The only thing that stinks on both DS20 and DS10 is access to the >floppy. (it still stinks in -stable btw ;-) > >W/ > >-- >| / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org >|/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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