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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 1997 21:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Simon Rak <sirak@acad.ursinus.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cannot install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970905215207.7395M-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <341089D7.2F81@acad.ursinus.edu>

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On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Simon Rak wrote:

> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on an IBM PS Server 320. It came
> with a Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller and 16MB of RAM. I added a 3C509
> ethernet card and amother 16MB of RAM. Whenever I try to boot from the
> installation floppy, I get a "Panic: xxx" error at various stages of
> installation. Usually, it is a "page fault" panic. Do you have any idea
> about what is wrong? 

[boilerplate response engaged]

You need to provide the full panic output and the output of the boot probe
(hit scroll lock then up arrow at the main menu)  before I can help you
any further.   

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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