From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 10 04:46:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA28008 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 04:46:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from worldnet.worldinternet.net (ftp.worldinternet.net [195.72.32.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA27988 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 04:46:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@worldinternet.net) Received: from gatekeeper.worldinternet.net (dialup-4.worldinternet.net [195.72.32.144]) by worldnet.worldinternet.net (8.8.5/SCO5) with SMTP id MAA18244 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 12:44:21 GMT Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980109124610.007b2100@mailhost.worldinternet.net> X-Sender: peter@mailhost.worldinternet.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 12:46:10 +0000 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Peter Subject: Fatel trap9 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk HI, I have just got FreeBSD 2.2.5 and am trying to install it. I have tryied to boot from the cd-rom and floppy disk. But get the following error: boot: booting 0:fd(0,a)kernel @ 0x279000 text=0x12a000 data0x0 bss=0xa00 symbols=[+0x600+0x4+0x270+0x4+0x1f4] total=0x3a446c entry point=0x279000 Uncompressing kernel...done Booting the kernel Fatel trap9: general protection fault while in kernel mode instruction pointer = 0x8:0xf01aad71 stach pointer = 0x10:0xefbfff98 framed pointer = 0x10:0xefbfffb0 code segment = base 0x0 , limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b processor eflags = resume IOPL = 0 current process = 0 ( ) interrupt mask = net tty bio panic: general protection fault Automatic reboot in 15 sec - press a key on the console to abort The configuration of my machine is as follows, IBM 200 6x86MX 32 Mb EDO RAM 3.2 Gb HDD 2 Mb Cirrus Logic PCI Vga card 24x Matsushita Cd-rom Drive I also have a PRI DOS partition with a size of 102 Mb on a FAT16. Which is runing a windows 95 shell. Does anyone know what the problem is and what to do about it. PLEASE!! peter@worldinternet.net