From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 28 19:07:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA03109 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:07:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA03075 Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:07:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA19935; Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:55:49 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603290325.NAA19935@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Cannot boot after install To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:55:49 +1030 (CST) Cc: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com, gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9602288280.AA828064224@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Mar 28, 96 06:27:44 pm 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 Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > Write failure on transfer! (wrote -1 bytes of 1536 bytes) > > On VTY2, The system showed: > > pid 32: gunzip: uid 0: exited on signal 11 > pid 31: cpio: uid 0: exited on signal 11 > > (I don't remember my UNIX signals that well, but I seem to recall that > signal 11 is SIGTERM.) SIGSEGV. In context, you have memory, cache or chipset problems. > RAM tests good. About the only other thing I could try replacing is the > disk drive. Unfortunately, I don't have another to replace it with.... RAM tests aren't worth spit. My first suggestion would be a RAM swap, but make sure you're using appropriately specified RAM to begin with. > --Brett -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[