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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2002 23:11:43 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.x - lock ups + reboots
Message-ID:  <20020125221143.GA1203@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020125214738.E05724844F@wastegate.net>
References:  <200201251054.g0PAsET01868@mail18.bigmailbox.com> <20020125214738.E05724844F@wastegate.net>

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:49:41PM -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 02:54:14 -0800, Joe Blow wrote:
> 
> >This mailing list is my last resort for a hideous problem I've endured for
> >well over a year. I first started experiencing it with FreeBSD 4.2-R. I
> >bought the FreeBSD 4.3-R CDs when they first came out last year, hoping that
> >the problem would disappear. It didn't.
> >
> >I have searched through the freebsd.org problem reports and mailing list
> >arhives, through USENET, and through google.com. Although it seems many
> >other users are experiencing similar problems, solutions have been elusive.
> >The panic message is basically...
> >
> >Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> >[...]
> >
> >... with the register values and so forth that are meaningless to post here
> >without some kind of backtrace. Is there any reason why I am unable to get
> >crash dumps?
> 
> sounds like bad ram to me.
> 
> try installing and using /usr/ports/sysutils/memtest
> 
> it helps identify if you ram is bad.
> 
Except his problem is very similar to mine, although much more
problematic.
And the memory on my system laughs in derision at memtest's attempt 
to break it :)

-- 
Regards
Cliff



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