Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!consult!bob From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: PANIC - Non-recoverable kernal page fault... Keywords: sco xenix 2.2.3 Message-ID: <273@consult.UUCP> Date: 2 Mar 90 13:01:15 GMT References: <77688@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: bob@.UUCP (Bob Willey) Organization: Computer Consulting Service, Easton MD. Lines: 39 In article <77688@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Mowgli Assor writes: >Well, here it goes again! Recently, we have had a rash of page fault >panics (4 in 5 days). We have not changed anything for weeks! So, can someone >The machine we are using is an IBM PS/2 Model 80, 6Meg RAM, ~100Meg HD, w/3 >Digiport smart modem boards. Thursday, we got the following error messages: >Trap 0000000E in SYSTEM error = 00000000 >Panic - Non-recoverable Kernal Page Fault >Trap 0000000E in SYSTEM error = 00000000 >Panic - Non-recoverable Kernal Page Fault >Address: mowgli@puffer.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mowgli Assor in real life) > Or: mowgli@cis.ohio-state.edu, mowgli@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu This problem has been report before. There was a problem with the dkinit program and the way that the PS/2 drives reported the info to it for the automatic install. Basically what happened was that the drive was being formatted as 112 cylinder instead of 110 and thus the page (swap) area is in non-existent space.!! Check how the drive is configured: ESDI Drive 70 MB 115 MB 300 MB Cylinders 70 110 300 Heads 64 64 64 Sectors per track 32 32 32 .. If you have this problem, it will necessitate reformatting the drive. The reason you probably did not notice it prior (Because we didn't notice it at first either), is due to activity on the system. When you finally had enough activity (bunch of tasks in Pro maybe...) then it filled up the swap space and then the PANIC. Hope this helps. -- .. Computer Consulting Service .. Bob Willey, CDP .. .. P.O. Drawer 1690 .. uunet!consult!bob .. .. Easton, Maryland 21601 .. (301) 820-4670 .. ...............................................................