Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:28:09 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Paul F. Wells" <paul@wellserv.com> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.2-RELEASE is driving me up the bloody wall!!!!! Message-ID: <199708142328.QAA02758@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:12:21 EDT." <28333.871596741@wellserv.com>
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>> There is a bizarre bug in the 2.2.2-RELEASE kernel that causes a fatal >> trap if and only if you have 48M of memory. If you have 32, 40, 56, >> 64M or anything else, it works fine, but 48M is fatal. >> >> You can either remove some memory for the install, or (preferably) >> install a later snapshot of the 2.2-STABLE tree from releng22.freebsd.org >> > ... >Let's see: 49152 /1024 = 48. This bug must have crept in after the CD >was burned. We think it has something to do with the kernel decompression code that is part of the specially constructed installation floppy, so things should be fine after you get the software installed. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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