Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:02:02 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Craig Caughlin <craigcaughlin@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems-Fatal trap 12 error Message-ID: <20031118180202.GA32142@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000b01c3ade6$f1e759a0$0101a8c0@p4> References: <000b01c3ade6$f1e759a0$0101a8c0@p4>
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--PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:16:29AM -0800, Craig Caughlin wrote: > I'm brand new to FreeBSD (but I've worked with Unix and Linux a little). = I'm > trying to install FreeBSD, but I constantly get this Fatal Trap 12: page > fault while in kernel mode error. I don't know where to begin to try and > solve this so I can proceed with my install. Suggestions??? Thank you. >=20 > My computer is a Dell 600SC Poweredge Server, Promise Ultra disk controll= er, > Primary HD: WD 160 GB, Secondary HD Hitachi 40Gb, 512 Mb RAM. That's fairly often a sign of hardware problems. Does the system run correctly under other OSes? Can you run a few cycles of memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) without any errors coming up? There is also: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2003-July/002101.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2003-April/000621.ht= ml and the audit trail in: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dkern%2F54549 Looks like several people are having similar problems... You don't say which version of FreeBSD you're trying to install. If you're a beginner with FreeBSD, then I'd strongly advise you to start by installing 4.9-RELEASE -- remember that the 5.x versions are still=20 "New Technology" releases and not yet suitable for production use. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/ul6adtESqEQa7a0RAvMPAJ93jzjHGtHV0PmNPdjlrCQ4WcdpKACfXRC1 Htu1V+6YD1Asuc9uXXVTWKk= =gA2v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--
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