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Date:      Sat, 25 May 1996 20:50:30 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Arrg!! sig 11
Message-ID:  <199605260250.UAA22807@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960526124237.26238E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
References:  <199605260239.UAA22775@rocky.sri.MT.net> <Pine.SOL.3.91.960526124237.26238E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>

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Carey Nairn writes:
[ Signal 11's ]
> > I suspect dodgy hardware.  It shouldn't matter if the upgrade was done
> > (assuming the upgrade was done correctly ala. 'make world').  If the
> > latter was done, then *all* the system binaries except the kernel were
> > updated, and I assumed you also upgraded the kernel.
> 
> The upgrade was done as a binary only upgrade using the upgrade from 
> 2.0.5 option in the installation menu (I didn't have enough space to hold 
> the entire 2.1 source for a make world).
> 
> If its dodgy hardware do you have any hints as to what I should look 
> for?  The system seems to work OK for most general work, but just has 
> these random failures when compiling...

Try disabling the L2 cache and see if they go away.  If so, then you
know.

> FYI its a pentium 100, 16MB RAM (70ns.. I guess this may be a problem)
> 2 WD IDE disks, 1 IDE CDROM, Diamond Stealth S3 868 DRAM PCI card...

At least on some motherboards, to run a 100Mhz Pentium *requires* 60ns
parts.


Nate



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