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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!newsserver.technet.sg!ntuix!ntrc25.ntrc.ntu.ac.sg!othman From: othman@ntrc25.ntrc.ntu.ac.sg (othman (EEE/Div 4)) Subject: Re: kernel panic@exrtact Message-ID: <1992Dec3.040514.7279@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> Sender: news@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: ntrc25.ntrc.ntu.ac.sg Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] References: <1992Dec2.122242.2524@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 04:05:14 GMT Lines: 16 STEPHEN ASHLEY (ashley@gidday.enet.dec.com) wrote: : : OK, I have a 486sx-25, 20Mbytes memory, 200MB hard drive. got the : 386bsd - 01 /bin01 & etc01/ from DECs gateway. Here is the problem I get a : kernel panic 1/2 way through the bin01 extract phase, with what looks like a : memeory problem but with only 16MB of works fine. Is there anyway of patching : the kernel on the dist.fs boot floppy? Or is there any other way of "fixing" : this problem. After the install completed with 16MB of memory I reinstalled the : other 4MB booted and all appeared fine. Thanks for reading this, and any ideas? It also did not work with 5Mbyte during install but works with 4Mbyte. maybe it will work after install? -- Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263. Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg