Subject: Re: panic during boot after upgrading from 32 to 64 MB
To: None <gizmo@zork.north.de>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/13/1996 11:02:40
>From: gizmo@zork.north.de (Klaus Weber)
>Date: 12 Nov 1996 21:06:43 +0100

>I just tried to upgrade my machine from 32 to 64 MB, but I always get
>a kernel panic during boot.

>[other bootmessages]
>starting rpc daemons: portmap mountd nfsdpanic: ptdi 20f063

This is the by-now-infamous NKPDE problem.  Try adding the line below
to your kernel config:

options		"NKPDE=24"

I don't use this method myself, so I can't guarantee it.  If that
doesn't work, you'll have to edit /sys/arch/i386/include/vmparam.h to
change NKPDE.
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