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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:28:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ttsai@pobox.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel panic during install (2.1.5/6)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961225222731.281B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199612231125.FAA30830@edison.ebicom.net>

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On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Tim Tsai wrote:

>   I am getting kernel panics or SIGSEGV from gcc when installing 2.1.6
> and 2.1.5.  With 2.1.6 I can usually get a system going but I have yet
> to compile a new kernel without a SIGSEGV on gcc.  Next I tried 2.1.5
> and now I will get a kernel panic (page fault) before the installation
> is even completed.  I am going to try different hardware tomorrow but
> though I ask on the list first.  The configuration follows:

Can you trace it to one specific action, or does it occur seemingly
randominly?

If it's the latter case then you probably have some bad RAM or cache
module.

>   Asus X-P55T2P4, ATX Pentium Motherboard (440FX I think)

Can't say it's a motherboard defect.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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