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