Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 13:49:17 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Neil Doody <neil.doody@interserveis.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SLow down or do in chunks "makeworld" Message-ID: <3DCD82DD.7090707@owt.com> References: <031b01c287ee$e55081e0$0200a8c0@b1> <20021109211810.GC32110@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 12:52:33PM -0000, Neil Doody wrote: > >>Firstly appologies for my repeat post, the first one didn't go through >>after 24 hours I sent it again, but it was stuck in a que. >> >>Now my problem, im having the problem of signal 12's when running a make >>world. > > > Are you sure it's signal 12? This is "illegal system call" which > usually means you have accidentally upgraded your userland to > 5.0-CURRENT. > > If you actually meant signal 11, this is likely to be failing hardware > (RAM, CPU cooling, etc) and you should read the FAQ entry on this > subject. > > >>Is there anyway to make perhaps run slower, because im told its when a >>lot of write activity is going on the hdd. > > > This is unlikely either way. If you have failing hardware you need to > identify and replace it, because it's not going to get better, and it > will continue to cause you lots of problems. I had an old Thunder 186 CCPM system that developed a sticky bit in memory and everything I touched had that bit in it. The boot memory checks never failed. The signals are trying to tell you something but are you listening. Hindsight is always great :). Kent > > Kris -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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