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Date:      Sat, 3 Jun 1995 19:33:14 +1000 (EST)
From:      David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au>
To:        rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hang problems
Message-ID:  <199506030933.AA19600@physics.su.oz.au>
In-Reply-To: <199506030911.CAA12950@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Jun 3, 95 02:11:25 am

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>> As Jim Lowe wrote:
>> > 
>> > Every once in a while after I reboot my system, it hangs.  I am not sure
>> > what type of problem this is.  Is there a method to obtain a core dump or
>> > drop the system into the kernel debugger after/during a system hang?
>> 
>> Nope, the system is no longer running at this stage, it attempted to
>> reset the CPU (either way, i think it first tries the keyboard
>> controller reset, and then a CPU shutdown [wiping the page table
>> directory, and flush the TLB]).  If the system is stuck at this
>> point, only a hardware reset will help.
>> 
>> Rod, ain't this your baby?
>
>Nope, my baby is very solid.  It is either a ``well reboot'' or
>``won't reboot'', it is never a ``Every once in a while'' type
>of problem.

I've noticed that my new machine with an ASUS Triton board (PCI/I-P54TP4)
falls into the ``won't reboot'' category.  Is this a known "feature" of
these?

David



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