From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 9 02:04:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA00619 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:04:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA00605 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:04:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA06924; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:04:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:04:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Jeff Shipper cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: panic: bounce memory out of range In-Reply-To: <199806051613.MAA01875@server1.isupply.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Jeff Shipper wrote: > Gentlemen, > > I am having a problem installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 on our new server. > After initially configuring the kernel through the visual mode and saving > it to continue with the install the server comes up with the error > "panic: bounce memory out of range", after that it reboots and the whole > cycle starts over again. Here is the server's hardware profile: > > Rack mounted tower case w/ 250watt PS > Dual PentiumII Server Motherboard ( ASUS A.G.P. P2L97 Series ) > Dual PentiumII 300 mhz with 512K cache > 512MB of SDRAM <--- I dont know if this is the problem or not It is. Try dropping it down to 128MB or less, boot it, then build a new kernel without the 'options BOUNCE_BUFFERS' line, put the memory back in, then try it.It's a known bug. > 3COM 10/100 PCI LAN ADAPTER I'd seriously consider replacing this with an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B adapter -- if this is a 3c905B you're out of luck. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: gdi.uoregon.edu is going down, please use dwhite@resnet! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message