From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 8 20:12:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from posgate.acis.com.au (posgate.acis.com.au [203.14.230.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0559014FD6; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:12:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (uucp@localhost) by posgate.acis.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Debian/GNU) with UUCP id PAA10539; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:02:41 +1100 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA13480; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:59:43 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:57:20 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Mark Powell Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1-R panic In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Mark Powell wrote: > I need some help determining why a machine is panicing. Specifically, > whether it's FreeBSD or the hardware that's causing it. I really want to > bring in FreeBSD as the OS of choice to provide our core services, but > this is really hurting my cause. {...} I can't really help with your problem directly, however... I've noticed a few references to stability problems with 3.0R and to a much lesser extent 3.1R. The only way I can think of to isolate whether it is a hardware vs OS issue would be to install 2.2.8 (or even 2.2.7 if CDs are handy) which are known to be extremely stable and reliable. 2.2.7R has been nearly bulletproof for me. I note that the FreeBSD web page still lists both 2.2.8 _and_ 3.1 as "current" releases, from which I infer that there is still the odd rough edge in 3.x to be polished off. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message