Subject: Re: [BUG] 1.4 Kernel Panic on Power Macintosh 4400/200
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/21/1999 18:38:09
On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 11:19:15AM -0500, Gondolin Remailer wrote:
> I was able to install NetBSD on my Power Macintosh 4400/200 without
> any problems.  After the installer quit, I rebooted and got this
> message:
> 
>    panic:  uvm_km_suballoc:  unable to allocate space in parent map
>    Stopped in 0x234974: lwz r0, r1, 0x14,
>    db>
> 
> And then the system locked.  What's my next step?
> 
> 
> id:    Size    Offset    End    FStype    Bsize    Fsize    Mountpoint
> ---    ----    ------    ---    ------    -----    -----    ----------
>  a:      32         0     31    4.2BSD     8192     1024    /
>  b:     576        32    608      swap
>  c:    2051         0   2050    unused
>  g:    1442       609   2050    4.2BSD     8192     1024    /usr

Remove RAM till you have no more than 128 MBs and try again.

Then compile a kernel with options BUFPAGES=1024 set so you can use
the rest of your RAM.

This is, btw, in the archives (as it was when I asked the same
question, but whatever).

       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net