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    Panic on installation - kmem_map too small

    Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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    • M
      MrJones
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      Coming to pfsense from ipcop but have not been able to successfully install. Installing from LiveCD v1.2.2, I am getting this error message:

      Panic: kmem_malloc(503316480): kmem_map too small: 4251648 total allocated

      Any suggestions?

      Hardware is:
      AMD Athlon 64 3500+
      1GB DDR400
      250GB SATA HDD

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        At what point to you get that message - what are the lines before it?

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          MrJones
          last edited by

          The lines before this are:

          acd0: DVDR <hl-dt-st dvdram="" gsa-41638="" a104="">at ata1-masterPI04
          ad4: 238475MB <seagate st3250823as="" 3.02="">at ata2-master SATA150</seagate></hl-dt-st>

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            charliem
            last edited by

            Can you try 1.2.3RC1 or a 1.2.3 snapshot?  (http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_7_1/pfSense_RELENG_1_2/livecd_installer/)

            And just to confirm, this is during the boot from the image, and not the boot from the HD after install, right?

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              MrJones
              last edited by

              Righto, I will give that a go today.

              Yes, this is booting from the CD image.

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                MrJones
                last edited by

                I ended up putting in an IDE HDD instead of the SATA drive and it seems to be working now.

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