Subject: Re: Etherboot - kernel page fault trap
To: Michael Blake <mblake@headbyte.co.uk>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/26/2002 13:15:58
> I'm setting up a diskless client, using a NE2000 clone, etherboot, and NFS.
>
> I've created the ROM, and put it on a floppy, with ELF, FreeBSD, FreeBSD
> kernel env, tagged image, and NFS support.
>
> If finds the NIC, finds the IP address, finds the kernel, and begins to load
> it, but just as it starts I get the following message:
>
> kernel: page fault trap, code=0
> Stopped in pid 0 () at 0xc0257e55: 	movl 		%eax, 	0(%edx)
> db>
>
> I know nothing about debugging a kernel, so if anyone could tell me where to
> get started, I'd be VERY grateful!
>
> BTW I've tried the same setup with a different client, and have the same
> problem. I haven't tried a FreeBSD kernel yet.

when i tried that (with 1.5.1 kernel) it just hung after loading image.
FreeBSD loads fine