From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 15 11:10:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F599151A1 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:10:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 7418 invoked from network); 15 Oct 1999 18:10:12 -0000 Received: from useram29.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.134.201) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 15 Oct 1999 18:10:12 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id TAA01016; Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:10:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:04:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: FreeBSD Bob Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sig 11 screeching halt.... need info about. Message-ID: <19991015190402.A944@marder-1> References: <199910151501.LAA73420@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <199910151501.LAA73420@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 11:01:31AM -0400, FreeBSD Bob wrote: > Anyone have a pointer to where the info about sig11 halts in FreeBSD is? > I have never had one, before, but, changed from an old Adaptec 1540A to > a 1542CF controller, and anything more recent than Ol' 2.1.7.1 gives me > a screeching signal 11 halt. That is what I get for using dinosaurian > hardware (i.e., the wife's old windoz box) as a FreeBSD play box...(:+\\... > But, I should probably brush up on what it means, exactly, and what is > necessary to get it right..... Any pointers to the sig11 info are > appreciated. > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 HTH > I found a bit of a FAQ that suggests that memory timing might be the > culprit. Can anyone explain why 2.1.7.1 might work and 2.2.6 and up > would not? The boot floppies come up and the install begins, then, when > disk writing occurs, it sig11's. Would adding a wait state be likely > to help? I have plenty of spare ram chips, and was thinking about > swapping some out for starters. Would clocking the machine from 33mhz > to 20mhz make a difference, or suggest whether it was ram or maybe > cache or such? > > Any insights are appreciated. > > Thanks > > Bob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message