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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:1387 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:448 comp.os.386bsd.misc:149 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!dcdmwm.fnal.gov!mengel From: mengel@dcdmwm.fnal.gov (Marc Mengel) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting panic when trying to boot Tiny 386BSD Date: 6 Apr 1993 14:55:48 GMT Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia IL Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1ps5lk$qe0@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <1993Apr2.130537.21552@njitgw.njit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcdmwm.fnal.gov In article <1993Apr2.130537.21552@njitgw.njit.edu>, jrp7260@hertz.njit.edu (DudeMan) writes: |> |> Equipment: AT&T StarStation 386/33Mhz, on board IDE, 8meg RAM, Phoenix BIOS. |> |> Problem: I get the following message: |> |> "Too little RAM, warning running in <?> mode" |> |> The above message is incomplete because the screen immediately clears which |> makes it hard to read. Oh yes, it looks like it's also displaying the |> message that is referenced in the INSTALL.NOTES file. |> |> After the screen clears, a colorful bunch of blinking garbage is displayed. |> At the bottom of the screen the following is displayed: |> |> ptd: 81061 |> > |> |> Then the floppy drive continues to read forever. When I press a key I get |> the following: |> |> trap type 12 code = fec00000 eip = fe04fdf0 cs = fdbf008 |> eflags = 10246 cr2 0 cp1 ffffffff |> panic: trap |> hit reset please |> This is a classic example of the crash you get when you need the CMOS fix (There used to be a boot floppy built with this fix on agate.berkeley.edu) The problem is you have a boot rom that reports 639k base memory and not 640k, this makes the memory initialization code nuts... ------- Marc Mengel mengel@fnal.fnal.gov