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Date:      Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:06:24 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
To:        "William D. Colburn (Schlake)" <schlake@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: My kernel panics suck
Message-ID:  <20100908200624.GJ69795@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim0mewvQt3T-704Jb39zAY2kAZJGp6OvI_gcjvU@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <AANLkTim0mewvQt3T-704Jb39zAY2kAZJGp6OvI_gcjvU@mail.gmail.com>

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* William D. Colburn (Schlake) <schlake@gmail.com> [100702 12:19] wrote:
> I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk
> controller failures.  The machine can't stay more than about ten
> minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots.
> Unfortunately, I know the root cause of the panics.  If my computer is
> sitting on the table, then the kernel doesn't panic.  If the computer
> is sitting on the desk, then it panics like mad.  The table is wooden,
> the desk is metal.  Of course, I'm also changing power too.  On the
> table, I use a wall outlet, while on the desk I use my Smart UPS.
> Unfortunately, you can't really help me with this.  I'm just writing
> in out of the hope that I'll get some sympathy for this problem.

Everyone knows the best place to run FreeBSD is under your desk:

~ % gcc -v       
Using built-in specs.
Target: amd64-undermydesk-freebsd
Configured with: FreeBSD/amd64 system compiler
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD]

-Alfred



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