Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 02:38:49 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: donal@brewich.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: vm_fault problem (fwd) Message-ID: <19970808023849.48031@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807123229.252p-100000@localhost>; from Doug White on Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 12:32:48PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807123229.252p-100000@localhost>
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> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 23:26:27 -0500
> From: Donal <donal@brewich.com>
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Cc: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com
> Subject: vm_fault problem
>
> I am having a problem, and I hope you can help or direct me to someone who
> can.
> I recently upgraded my comm server to 2.2.2 and upgraded some of the
> hardware. The system is now:
> Gigabyte HX motherboard (new)
> Award BIOS
> on board IDE
> 2 com ports
> 2x16MB 60ns EDO RAM (new)
> 1.2GB Maxtor IDE (new)
> NE2000 card
> Trident ISA video card
> Usenet II 4 port Serial card
Too bad that you don't mention what the setup used to be. What I'd
suggest, is:
- Buy a quality motherboard, like Asus or Tyan. 'Gigabyte'
doesn't ring a bell, but that could be just me.
- Throw out the ISA video card and replace it with a (cheap)
PCI one. Though I've never had any problems with FreeBSD and
my previous ISA card, I did have them with Windows 95, together
with an Asus P55T2P4 motherboard and a Teles S0.16/3 ISDN
board. Still, I don't suspect that your gateway will run X,
so perhaps it's not the cause of the problem.
My personal experience is, that the more expensive your parts, the
less problems you have. SCSI is to be prefered over IDE, though
for a gateway, that probably isn't an issue, only for a server.
Don't economize on hardware. Lost customers and wasted time are
far more expensive.
- Peter
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