Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:38:25 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: BSD <bsd@shell-server.com>, bugs@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Constant panics on 4.1-STABLE! Message-ID: <20000920203825.B425@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201050370.12282-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>; from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:00:59AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009181841480.65514-100000@marvin.shell-server.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201050370.12282-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:00:59AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, BSD wrote: > > > I'm running 4.1-STABLE on a 700MHz Athlon with a 300W power supply > > (only recently did I learn that 250W wasn't enough), a single Maxtor > > 40.9GB hard drive (UDMA/66, 7200RPM), an Abit KA7 motherboard, with > > normally 768MBs of PC133 RAM (non-ECC). An fxp0 device, and a generic PCI > > video card. pci0: <Trident model 9660 VGA-compatible display device> at > > 13.0 irq 10. There's a floppy drive, and a 2-fan hard drive cooling unit > > that mounts in the front of 5.25" slot which houses the maxtor via > > mounting brackets. > > > > Even though 300W is considered the "minimum" by some for Athlon > > supplies, I think my minimal hardware should make it a stable option. > > > > The multiple panics were in the following sequence: > > > > 1) Server is booted with all DIMMs, on a BP6. PANIC. > > The BP6 is a pretty solid 440BX based board, so I doubt that is the > culprit. FreeBSD has no problems with this board or the PIII > you're using on it. It's the memory. > > > 2) Server is booted with all DIMMS, on a KA7. PANIC. > > The KA7 is a VIA KX133 based board. I have never found VIA chipsets > to be reliable. However, it is probably the memory which is at fault. For the record: KA7 is rock stable here with 4.1-stable and 128Mb of ECC RAM. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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