Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:44:54 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@svzserv.kemerovo.su> To: Jonathan E Fosburgh <jonathan@fosburgh.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, McKusick <mckusick@chez.McKusick.COM>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5-STABLE softupdates brokeness: repeated panics and lockups Message-ID: <3C835026.FFAD057F@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <20020303120121.A2197@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <200203031759.g23Hx0W62463@apollo.backplane.com> <20020304092100.A1500@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20020304032359.C58BCA945@gw.fosburgh.org>
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> I noticed earlier in the thread someone mention that you check the RAM, and > I'll throw in a little more in that area. Back in October I moved, and > afterwards my computer would panic constantly. The panics almost always made > it look like a failing hard drive, but the drive would always certifiy with > Western Digital's diagnostics. Finally, poking around in the BIOS, I came > across an option for Fast POST. Turning this off, I rebooted and it did a > memory scan. It failed. I had a stick of 32M and one of 64M. I first took > out the 32, and the 64 came up fine. The I changed them out, and the 32 > failed. Interestingly, booting off of that stick could only locate 3M, and > the OS would not load. So, next time you have the system down (which > unfortunately sounds like it will be all too soon), make sure you do not have > a Fast POST or Fast Boot option turned on in your BIOS. This machine has Intel CA810 Motherboard. Well, I know it is not server platform. However, it has been working for some years without a glitch. I've just rebooted this server, entered BIOS and set 'Quick Boot' to 'disable' then rebooted again. POST tested memory slowly and found no errors. Now I turned softupdates off and will not use pppd tonight. Let's see. Perhaps, there was a bad moment for cvsup? Should I cvsup again or it will be better to stick to this configuration and try collecting more crashdumps? Eugene Grosbein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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