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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

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