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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:39:12 +0100
From: Mark Blackman <tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk>
To: Greg Quinlan <greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>
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Subject: Re: FIXED, PANIC & Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ?
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Think maybe the PII's were overclocked or incorrectly marked perhaps?
I've heard of it happening. If you're really bored, you might put
the CPU's back in and then back off the clockspeed till the crashes stop.

Glad to hear its all sorted out.

Mark

On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 09:40:58AM +0100, Greg Quinlan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been busy fixing my panic problem.
> 
> Looking good!!!!
> 
> # uname -a; uptime
> FreeBSD amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Wed May 26
> 08:43:3
> 4 BST 1999     greg@amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/dns1  i386
>  9:19AM  up 11 days, 13:27, 3 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00
> 
> I finally had a way of making the server crash every time.
> 
> do a "make world" om 3.2-R.....
> 
> A so goes the story of grandfathers axe:
> ("Grandfather axe.... replaced the handle a few times, then the head, but it
> was still grandfathers axe")
> 
> Good old fashioned repairs....
> 
> 0. I updated to 3.2-S ... 26 May 1999
> 1. I replaced the RAM.
> 2. I replaced the Motherboard.
> 3. I replaced the SCSI-UW controller.
> 
> 4. I replaced the Video Card.
> 5. I replaced the all the Hard Disks.
> 6. I replaced the Network cards.
> 
> What's left?.... ahhhhh ... replaced the Floppy...  then the
> CD-ROM....unplugged the
> tape... replaced.... all the cables... finally the power supply!
> 
> Each time I ran "make world", I could still crash it!
> 
> What next.....the case?
> 
> NOPE!......
> 
> 7. I replaced the both CPU's.......... WTF#!
> 
> NO CRASH!
> 
> Well that must be it then... FreeBSD has blown the guts out of my INTEL PII
> 333
> Processor....Too quick for it. {:-)
> ....... and before anybody says, "The processor must be getting too hot?" It
> was not getting too hot!
> 
> Maybe Intel should use FreeBSD to test/rate CPU's?
> (Isn't it a rumour that Intel only make one PII CPU and just rate them!)
> 
> I'M HAPPY NOW!!
> 
> Oh yes ....
> [Q] How stable is FreeBSD?
> [A] Very Stable!
> 
> And a special thanks to
> Mark Blackman <tmb@rcru.rl.ac.uk>
> for his idea of old fashioned hardware diagnosis.
> 
> One last thing; To those users that may be having problems with their FBSD
> installs on a more current version
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Mark Blackman                                                         
Radar Group                                                           
Radio Communications Research Unit                                    
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory        
Chilton, Didcot                       
Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom         


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