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From: zhenli@wam.umd.edu (Zhen Li)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Installation problem: Page fault by boot floppy
Date: 15 Jan 1996 14:17:46 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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Message-ID: <4ddnma$rdb@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>
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Dear Netters:
I have a lot of trouble in installing basic freebsd system.
I do not have CDROM, so I used the 2.0.1-RELEASE version and
made those floppies: boot.flp, fixit.flp, atapi.flp, and root.flp
in their images on 1.2m floppies. I used boot.flp floppy to
install freebsd kernel, then I got nowhere except keep on
rebooting automatically by using boot floppy.
Here is the massage before automatic rebooting:
Fatal trap12: page fault while in kernel mode
fault virtual address =0x0
fault code =supervisor read, page not present
instruction pointer = 0x8:f018c82d
code segment = base0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
= DPL0, pres1, def32 1, gran 1
processor efdags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL=0
current process = 1 (swapper)
interrupt mask = net tty bio
panic = page fault
syncing disk ... done
automatic reboot in 15 seconds
------
I never see the "installation menu" show up!!
The problem cant not be solved by me. I try to use fd(0,a)/kernel -c
at the boot: prompt to see the "virtual" setup utility, still I can
not see how am I going to solve the "page fault " problem.
Can J. K. H. help me or any one who has encountered such a problem
giving me a hand?
By the way, to Jordan: "Assumption is the mother of all fuck-up"
I think your installation guide is good but has too many assumptions:
Assume people will use CDROM - I don't have CDROM driver!
Assume people will know how to make binary image floppies.
Assume people know where and when to use what floppies - I don't know
what the root.flp for and when to use it!
Your "3.0 Installing FreeBSD" section does not have much info for installation
but comments. However, I like the way you wrote your "Installation
Notes for Release 1.0 FreeBSD". It is complete and very helpful,
and I used it to install my FreeBSD 1.0 successfully. But this Guide
for 2.0 leaves me no room to get around my problem due to the
"self-installation" and the assumption of some "default" stuff!
Dr. Boris Chang