Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
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Hi!
I am using PFSense for about 6 months now as Firewall and Router for different wireless LANs. Works fine so far.
Here is my setup:
PFSense is installed in an virtual machine hosted on VMWare ESX 5.1. There are two ESX machines running in a cluster. PFSense is on a shared storage to make it HA.PFSense itself is running Release 2.1.5 now. I think since the last update (but cannot say for sure) the machine stops from time to time with exact the same error. "Fatal trap12: page fault while in kernel mode"
Please see attachment for details.I searched the forum and found several users having the same error. But all of them have it during bootup. No one has a problem like me.
Would be nice if someone could give me advice where to start searching. I have to say I am not that good at Linux, but willing to become so ;)
Is there a possibility to go back to a previous release just to assure it has to do something with the update?
I read about the "switch slice" button in the NanoBSD area. Is that what I need?thx for your help in advance
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remove the virtual CD-drive… it has fixed this exact problem on a couple of my virtual boxes
it's a known issue for freebsd 8.x on esxi
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Hi heper,
many thanks for your reply!
Removed the cd-drive from VM settings. Will see if it crashes again. -
Hi again,
just want to let you know the result off removing the CD-drive. Seems to be the cause of the problem. PFSense is running stable since the change (about 2 weeks ago).
I'll let you know if it changes.Many thx for your help, heper!!!
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that's what we are here for ;)