AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

Edgar Martinez emartinez at crockettint.com
Wed Apr 13 06:59:11 PDT 2005


New error before death....

"Panic: page fault"

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Sullivan [mailto:pcgeek86 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:00 AM
To: emartinez at crockettint.com
Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4
(pre+post install)

Edgar Martinez wrote:

>OK, removed all misc cards, devices, recabled...attempting to reinstall
with
>5.3, and I continue to get a "kernel: priviledged instruction fault"
>followed by a reboot...RAM is brand new Patriot 2-2-2-5...mem timings?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris at obsecurity.org] 
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:23 AM
>To: Edgar Martinez
>Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3,
5.4
>(pre+post install)
>
>On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 01:10:42AM -0500, Edgar Martinez wrote:
>  
>
>>All,
>>
>> 
>>
>>I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had trying to get
>>this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept throwing up a privilege
>>fault kernel error randomly (7sed...4m.7m..etc), and after I go fast
>>    
>>
>enough
>  
>
>>to get lucky to an install complete..the system then spends its time
>>periodically rebooting.this is the first venture into AMD64 turf as I
>>historically stick with i386.so any pointers.gotchas.tweaks or tips..
>>    
>>
>please
>  
>
>>let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I want to see what can be
>>done to stabilize this.
>>    
>>
>
>Sounds like the usual bad hardware story..check RAM, power supply, CPU
>cooling, cabling, etc.
>
>kris
>
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Is this computer overclocked at all? I would highly recommend running it 
at the speeds it was meant to...you can avoid a lot of errors that way.

-Trevor



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