Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:18:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Hans Zaunere <zaunere@yahoo.com> To: Jason Sheets <jsheets@shadonet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maybe its a hardware problem, maybe not Message-ID: <20010724191852.19729.qmail@web12807.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <004c01c11463$be010420$db1b080f@JSHEETS2K>
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Yeah, my mistake, it's 4.3. The filesystem is practically empty so that isn't it. I did the expert install, but followed all the defaults. I might try building another kernel as I also added another PCI NIC but it has no sign in dmesg or in ifconfig -a. Its just a barebones system, no X windows, or sound card or anything. Could there be a conflict perhaps, or other error its not telling me, and if so how could I track it down better? Thank you everyone, Hans zaunere@yahoo.com --- Jason Sheets <jsheets@shadonet.com> wrote: > I've never experienced this but you might make sure > that you have enough > space on your filesystem, even running out of space > shouldn't crash the OS > though. > > Make sure the kernel is correctly recognizing your > hardware and using the > right drivers, you might try making a custom kernel > with only support for > your hardware, you can find instructions at > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook. > > Also did you just perform a typical install (x-user) > or did you use some > other settings. > > Just a FYI FreeBSD 4.4 has not yet been released, > you are probably referring > to FreeBSD 4.3 which was the last release. > > Jason > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hans Zaunere" <zaunere@yahoo.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 10:54 AM > Subject: Maybe its a hardware problem, maybe not > > > > Hello, > > > > I've gotten FreeBSD 4.4.3 installed and downloaded > a > > tarball which I proceeded to extract. Towards the > end > > of the extraction the kernel died with a page > fault > > error and rebooted the system. After rebooting > and > > fixing the disk with fsck, this problem repeated > > several times. I also tried to build some ports > and > > the same thing happened. > > > > During the install, when it was copying files it > would > > die with the "Wrote -1 bytes of 202423" or > whatever it > > was. After turning the computer off, unplugging > it > > and letting it set, and trying several times the > > system finally installed. > > > > Now everyone says that I should face the music > that my > > harddrive is dieing. Well, I seriously doubt it. > Its > > been a bulletproof system under Linux and has good > > hardware (Adaptec SCSI controller, Seagate Cheetah > > drive, Pentium 2, Intel mobo). I put FreeBSD on > it, > > and wham, all sorts of wierd issues. > > > > My questions are these: is FreeBSD more > "sensitive" > > to hardware failures or misconfigurations? Is > there a > > way to diagnose if in fact the harddrive is > dieing? > > What could be some causes of these oddities, > besides > > the blatant "your drive is dieing" which I > seriously > > doubt. > > > > By the way, before installing 4.4.3 I installed > 2.2.8 > > while waiting to get the new CD. It installed > without > > a hitch and didn't see any problems with the > system > > until 4.4.3 came on. (I did a clean, format, etc.) > > > > I'd be completely willing to provide any other > > information if needed. Please contact me at the > below > > email address. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Hans Zaunere > > zaunere@yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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