From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 27 21:55:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-11.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4953014C80 for ; Thu, 27 May 1999 21:55:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from aw1@stade.co.uk) Received: from [158.152.29.164] (helo=stade.demon.co.uk) by finch-post-11.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10nEg8-0005QK-0B for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 May 1999 04:55:32 +0000 Received: from titus.stade.co.uk (titus.stade.co.uk [192.168.1.5]) by stade.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA18987 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 03:11:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from aw1@titus.stade.co.uk) Received: (from aw1@localhost) by titus.stade.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA28156 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 28 May 1999 03:11:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from aw1) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 03:11:40 +0100 From: Adrian Wontroba To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? Message-ID: <19990528031140.D24344@titus.stade.co.uk> Reply-To: aw1@stade.co.uk References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105908@site2s1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Spidey on Thu, May 27, 1999 at 02:10:23PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE Organization: Yes, I need some of that. X-Phone: +(44) 121 681 6677 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 02:10:23PM -0400, Spidey wrote: > I don't understand why there's always someone coming up and saying > something like "FreeBSD broke my fan" or "FBSD is unstable". It can be. I had three boxes running -stable. Two freshly installed, and very stable. Tbe other, with a more chequered history, wasn't. Certain actions would usually panic it. Setting up the kernel configuration from scratch, using GENERIC and LINT as a base, fixed the instability for me. An action I believe Mike has recommended more than once in the last couple of months. So, the user error of misconfiguring your kernel can result in instability. -- Adrian Wontroba To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message