From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 11:33:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4741516A4CF for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 11:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BBB43D3F for ; Mon, 3 May 2004 11:33:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 8777 invoked by uid 89); 3 May 2004 18:28:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.131) by 0 with SMTP; 3 May 2004 18:28:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 8447 invoked from network); 3 May 2004 18:33:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 3 May 2004 18:33:16 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [192.168.0.10]) by buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BD26130; Mon, 3 May 2004 21:32:41 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCD52BC; Mon, 3 May 2004 21:36:56 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 66301-04; Mon, 3 May 2004 21:36:56 +0300 (EEST) Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A2CC24C; Mon, 3 May 2004 21:36:55 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:36:53 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Guy Harrison" Message-Id: <20040503213653.100b01a5@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <000801c42f6b$4219cdd0$bdb48890@GUY> References: <000801c42f6b$4219cdd0$bdb48890@GUY> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 18:33:18 -0000 [ 72 chars / line, please ] On Sat, 1 May 2004 20:28:37 +0930 "Guy Harrison" wrote: > Sorry to trouble you > I am pretty much a N00b with FreeBSD, and my previous experience with > it consisted of a Squid proxy server running on FreeBSD at work. This > system has been extremely reliable and hence I wanted to set up a > similar setup for my home network now that I am on unlimited > broadband. > > I have downloaded the "5.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso" Try at least 5.2.1 or one of the snap-shots from -Current. There have been a lot of improvements on the 5.x since 5.2-RELEASE. > file and burnt it onto a CD. I then place it into an older PC and > received the following error "Error: stack overflow" This line appears > after the 7 boot options and the ASCII image of a little devil. BTW, it's not a devil but a daemon and his name in "Beastie"; it will haunt you if called "devil". > If I persist with keystrokes it will eventually display the OK prompt > however the keyboard letters are replaced with windings and arte > therefore illegible. > > The system is a P200 with 32Mb Ram and 2.5GIG HDD if this helps any. I'm not sure, but I think you need a little more RAM for 5.x with the GENERIC kernel, which could explained your error. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"