From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 10 10:20:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from odin.acuson.com (odin.acuson.com [157.226.230.71]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96629457C; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:20:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from acuson.com ([157.226.69.47]) by odin.acuson.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with ESMTP id AAA784; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:19:58 -0800 Message-ID: <38A300E7.7313AF43@acuson.com> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:18:15 -0800 From: David Johnson Organization: Acuson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Abercromby James TSgt 31CS/SCBBMA Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" , "'freebsd-newbies@Freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Installation Woes References: <78944D1EBF2BD3119DBF0008C75DEDFF0301B4@avo-exch-l3.aviano.af.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Abercromby James TSgt 31CS/SCBBMA wrote: > > Then continue on-it creates the filesystems fine and finishes > , but then when it gos to the next step in the install it > SIG11s on me and you have no choice but to reboot and start all over. > > Also, check this out one time right after finishing up writing the > filesystems when it gos to the next step in the install > it was trying to access the cdrom and it flaked out on me > saying it couldn't find anything. But... when the kernel loaded > I know it found it no problem. Also, the cd works find in windows > and Slackware so....? Where exactly are you getting the sig11? Just before choosing the source media, during, or just after? A sig11 is a memory problem. For some inexplicable reason, it seems to affect OS installation programs particularly (I have no idea why). There is a whole SIG11 FAQ for Linux, and I've seen service notes on it for OS/2. One common solution is to disable any caching in BIOS for the installation, then turn it back on after you're finished. However, it could also be indicative of bad RAM (an ever increasing problem). David Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message