On 02/07/12 02:47, Jasse Jansson wrote: > On Jul 1, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Sascha Wildner wrote: > >> On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:58:55 +0200, Jasse Jansson <ja...@yberwaffe.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm trying to install dfly on two different computers right now and it's >>> not going well. >>> >>> Case 1: >>> >>> A 6-7 years old laptop (ASUS A6Km) just got an "Fatal trap 12" after a very >>> long time exercising the cd drive. >>> I think the install-o-meter was at 56% when it happened. >>> The "fault code" says: supervisor write data, protection violation. >>> I have a picture of the screen if anybody want it. >> Yeah, please put up the picture. > Pix here: www.yberwaffe.com/pix/temp/dfly-fatal-trap.JPG > > I have tried to install Vector Linux a couple times and the install hangs at > random locations. I'm on an old Pentium 4 and had no problems in stalling Vector Linux on that or on an old nx6120 Compaq. Their install is more complete and bug free than most. That sounds more like a hardware problem. > > I have started to suspect overheating problems. > I just removed the lid over the CPU and almost burnt myself. That definitely sounds like a hardware problem that would stop an install. Regards,
David. > > Well, I haven't been using this laptop for almost a year so the CPU fan might > goofing up. > > I'm still interested in hearing the result of the pix analyzing ;-) > > >>> Case 2: >>> >>> I'm about to redo my server but the installer refuses to list my SSD boot >>> drive. >>> Is this some sort of silent harassment of my 40G SSD for being too small ??? >> No, the installer will offer any disks that are in the kern.disks sysctl (I >> think we filter out some stuff like /dev/fd* and so on but certainly not >> hard disks). Can you log in as root and do 'sysctl kern.disks'? If it >> doesn't show up there it's not an installer problem but rather that the disk >> hasn't been detected. >> >> Can you also put up the /var/run/dmesg.boot of a verbose boot somewhere? > > Verbose log here: www.yberwaffe.com/pix/temp/dmesg.txt > > The SSD is an OCZ Agility 2 if that helps. > > This is no big deal for me, I think I have a spare SATA disk somewhere so > I'll manage. > > NOTE... I'm a *nix noob with better things to do all day than learning *nix > commands, but if you need help debugging this I'll be happy to help out. > > > >
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