On Fri, 17 May 96 1:51:16 EDT 
 Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@panix.com> wrote:

 > Why is it that setting BUFPAGES > 1536 (actually, perhaps it's a bit higher;
 > I know that 2048 definitely does it) causes a ptdi panic early in the
 > autoconfig process?
 > 
 > I did notice that 1536 pages (6MB) is also, oddly enough, the size of the
 > kernel malloc arena.  I tried doubling that, with no luck; it did get a bit
 > further in the boot process, but I doubt that it had anything to do with my
 > change.

Hmm ... wonder if this is the same lossage as when you increase MAXBSIZE...

Try increasing the NKPDE constant (like, double it, or something)

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