Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 22:06:15 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Eric Yagerlener <eyager@novagate.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Config crashes. Kernel will not compile. Message-ID: <321A6F17.2BD4@ime.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960820194556.257A-100000@localhost>
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Eric Yagerlener wrote: > > I have a 60 mhz Pentium with a Mercury Chipset. 8 megs of Ram and about > 25 Megs worth of swap space. I have FreeBSD version 2.1.0 with > the generic kernel. Whenever I try to run config, the program > will run maybe 2 or 3 seconds, and then it will exit on signal 11. > (Segmentation Fault.) I thought that I might be running low on swap, so > I tried booting up into the single user mode and tried again. No change > whatsoever occured. (Instead it will call it a Memory Fault.) Some > people thought that I didn't have enough swap space period to compile a > kernel. I mounted an unused partition on the hard drive for use as swap > and that brought the total to 50 megs. Still, it didn't seem to make any > difference. > > I don't know what else could cause trouble. It could be that the chipset > is too buggy to do kernel compiles. Turning off all caching didn't seem > to cure the problem. Config could be corrupt, but I don't know how to > verify that. I did have great difficulty getting hold of and > installing the kernel source codes. I may have to try reinstalling > them. > > Could anyone tell me if I'm on the right track? > > -- Eric I had problems like this on a 486 and it turned out to be wait state settings in CMOS. Of course finding this after I had already replaced the SIMMS! Now the machine is back on the original SIMMS and has been running for several weeks without one problem! Before I was lucky to make it through a kernel build! Just thought I would throw it out there.. :) -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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