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- From: briand@wwa.com (Brian Doberstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: "panic: Bus error" during installation of NetBSD...
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 03:42:16 GMT
- Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services
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- I've had a rather troublesome error that keeps haunting me during most
- attempts to install NetBSD/amiga 1.1. I have the FAQs, and I can't seem to
- find any info on this problem...
-
- Problem: In all but 2 times when installing NetBSD, the system halts with
- a "panic: Bus error" message. This error comes up shortly after I start
- the installation process with the "loadbsd -A -I ff -b netbsd" command
- from AmigaDOS. The system recognizes my harddisks, etc. At the point when
- the install program should ask me for the root device, the computer hangs
- with that error. However, I have gotten past this bus error only 2 times.
- During both times, I installed the system to the point where i had to
- configure the system with the "Configure" command. After configuring the
- system and copying the kernel from the miniroot filesystem, the
- installation notes say that the system should be halted and restarted with
- the "loadbsd netbsd" command. When I tried to restart the system, it again
- hung with a "panic: Bus error" message. (In all instances, after the error
- message, the system locks up after issuing a "syncing disks..." message.)
-
- I can't figure out what I did differently those 2 times to make the system
- at least install to the point where I could actually do anything at the sh
- prompt. Either way, the error still comes back on the second startup. I'm
- almost positive I have the harddisk formatted/partitioned correctly, since
- I checked them multiple times, and I've done complete install preparations
- many times.
-
- This is my setup:
-
- Amiga 4000/040, 18M ram, revision 11 Buster
- Cybervision 64, 4M
- Fastlane Z3 SCSI controller
- MultiFace 3 serial/parallel card
-
- I'm using the default install kernel that was from the original 1.1
- release (that is, i'm not using a CV fix 1 or 2, or the CV console
- kernel). Also, the harddisk that I'm installing to is a 1.2G IDE drive,
- so I can't be running into a problem with the Fastlane Z3 SCSI controller.
- My partitions are all on the same drive, and the sizes are as follows:
-
- root : 30M
- usr : 1024M
- swap : 60M
- local: 102M
-
- If anyone can suggest a remedy for this problem, I'd be grateful...
-
- Thanks.
-