From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 21 23:24:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA26501 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA26496 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:24:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA29005; Sat, 22 Feb 1997 17:53:56 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702220723.RAA29005@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: problem with 2.1.7-RELEASE #0 In-Reply-To: <199702220427.UAA14952@scruz.net> from "James G. Speth" at "Feb 21, 97 08:27:47 pm" To: speth@scruz.net (James G. Speth) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 17:53:55 +1030 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, speth@nic.scruz.net, matthew@nic.scruz.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk James G. Speth stands accused of saying: > I installed FreeBSD release 2.1.7 yesterday, and I've been dealing with some > very strange errors since then. [...errors elided... > Have you seen problems like this, or heard any other reports of problems with > this release? Any help you can give me would be appreciated. Firstly, I hope you're not overclocking this board, or anything else stupid like that. Have you had a previous release up and running on this particular unit? The problems you're describing are classic memory/cache fault symptoms, so I would be more inclined to be pursuing some RAM for a quick swap, preferably something of a different brand. > Jim Speth -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[