Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:07:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: shovey@buffnet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What is fatal error 9 ? Message-ID: <199604230337.NAA07851@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960422191438.1277D-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Apr 22, 96 07:15:24 pm
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Doug White stands accused of saying: > > On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Steve wrote: > > > > > My one box has been locking up periodically and today I had several > > errors on the screen (along with a lockup) - there was fatal error 9, and > > a general protection fault error. > > > > Any insight is appreciated! (mostly as to what an error 9 is) > > These are FreeBSD errors? I didn't know FreeBSD would GPF. Panic, yes; > GPF, no. That is a Windows thing, I thought. GPF is an intel thing. It's not very common under FreeBSD, but it can happen. It means that you are suffering memory corruption, most likely due to bad memory or cache hardware. > To answer the question: I don't know what an error 9 is. If you could > give some of the context that would be helpful. Trap 9 is a GPF. > Doug White | University of Oregon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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