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From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install 2.0.5 panics
Date: 16 Nov 1995 06:50:11 GMT
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In article <DI0LHC.EyG@serval.net.wsu.edu>, msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.eduú 
says...
>
>Greetings,
>
>I HAD FreeBSD 2.0.5 (Walnut Creek CDROM Release) installed on my PCs
>previous incarnation when I went and upgraded the motherboard. I also
>decided to repartition my main HDD and give BSD a bit more room.
>
>FreeBSD ran fine after the board upgrad but before the repartition.
>
>Anyway, when I ran install the first time off the CD, it went through
>all the questions and paniced when it came time to actually format the
>new partitions.  NOW it probes all the devices, clears the screen and
>THEN panics.  The panic message is "panic: integer divide error".  When
>I press <ALT-F2> I get the following:

  Could be hardware flakeyness.  Try disabling your cache.

Tom