panic:vm_fault on nofault device (etc...)

jekillen jekillen at prodigy.net
Tue Aug 28 23:58:14 PDT 2007


Hello:
I am trying to get a new machine to boot from v6.2 install disc one of 
packaged cd set.
The mother Board I am using is MSI RX480 NEO 2 w/AMD64.
At first I got the message usb1:panic: vm_fault on nofault device and 
an address
I disabled usb in the bios then rebooted.
next I got the same message (without reference to usb1) just after psm0 
which I
surmised was the ps2 mouse. I unplugged it an rebooted.
I am now getting the same message after mo something or another. I did 
not
transcribe the message to reproduce here.

One annoyance about this mother board right off the launch pad is how 
long
it takes to enter bios. I seems to take forever to detect the three 
hard drives I
have installed: to be boot drive is ide and the other two are 10k SATA 
drives.
It also wants to get up on the network via on board ethernet out of the 
box. I had
to fumble around in bios to see if I could dope out what setting would 
kill that.
(how can it get on a network if I cannot install an os and set up the 
network
card in the first place?). I did find a setting that looked 
suspiciously extra
related to the onboard ethernet driver (realtek, etc etc. ) and 
disabling that
seemed to do the trick. I was something having to do with ROM associated
with the driver. (anyone who wants more specific data, let me know and I
will go back and write it down. It is late tonight (11:30) and I have 
been screwing
around with this since about 8:00 P.M.)

Does anyone have advice or data to enlighten me on this situation 
(panic: vm_fault....)?
I have used the same cd set to successfully install on ASUS/AMD64 
socket AM2.

usb I can live without, ps/2 mouse I do not need as I will run a server 
w/o xwindows
The next device I am not sure about. And I hope I can get all the 
problem children
placed in foster homes so I can get my show on the road.

Thanks in advance.
Jeff K



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