From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 19 19:49: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from abaseen.lums.edu.pk (abaseen.lums.edu.pk [203.128.0.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732A3153D0 for ; Wed, 19 May 1999 19:48:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alatif@lums.edu.pk) Received: from chenab.lums.edu.pk (chenab.lums.edu.pk [203.128.0.3]) by abaseen.lums.edu.pk (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA27193; Thu, 20 May 1999 07:49:07 +0500 (PKT) Received: (from alatif@localhost) by chenab.lums.edu.pk (8.9.0/8.9.0) id HAA07868; Thu, 20 May 1999 07:50:06 +0500 Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 07:50:05 +0500 (PAKST) From: Abid Latif Sheikh To: Doug White Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, umair@ravi.lums.edu.pk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks Doug for your reply. I had compiled the kernel when I installed the new OS (2.2.7 on brand new machine with brand new 64MB RAM and brand new HDD for system). I will now try the DDB option you indicated. I will also check the over heating of the HDD you mentioned in your email as I am excluding at the same time the overheating factor for CPU and the reason of bad memory. Regards, Abid Latif On Wed, 19 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > Try compiling a kernel with > > options DDB > > If it dies and you get a ddb> prompt, type 'trace' and email to the list. > > In the meantime, check your hardware. You may have bad memory or a > overheating hard disk or CPU. > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message