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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail From: Vlad <roubtsov@uiuc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.2.2 floppies/newer/boot.flp: double fault Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 03:42:42 -0500 Organization: Baphomet's Throne Lines: 32 Message-ID: <33A64DF5.41C67EA6@uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: llama-4.slip.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43017 Hi: Haven't seen messages related to this lately, so maybe I can add another description of a problem with v2.2.x installation: scenario: - downloaded the required 2.2.2 dist files to a DOS partition; - made a bootable floppy from the image in floppies/newer; - rebooted; edited the kernel config in visual mode; went on; - the kernel loaded from the floppy detects all hardware correctly, but at the very end says something like: "switching root to fd0c panic: double fault", after which it tries to sync disks and hangs. The fault occurs just before the sysinstall tool would normally be loaded. It also occurs regardless of any previous config manipulations. An attempt to use the older image from floppies/ fails in the same way. I have verified that the downloaded boot.flp image had the correct checksum and the floppy in question was error-free. Finally, I had to use the v2.2.1 boot.flp image with my downloaded 2.2.2 distribution. This worked Ok and now I have v2.2.2 on my SCSI disk with no problems except for those already reported by others. I have been a v2.1.5 user for quite some time with no problems and went through several installs of similar kind -- never a single problem during this kind of procedure. Any idea what is the difference between v2.2.1 and 2.2.2 boot.flp images that would cause the latter one to generate the exception? Vlad.