Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 12:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Manuel <paul8@cs.mun.ca> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: RE: kern/1473: kernel fails to compile with 64MB of RAM. Message-ID: <199608071910.MAA00166@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/1473; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Paul Manuel <paul8@cs.mun.ca> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: kern/1473: kernel fails to compile with 64MB of RAM. Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 16:35:25 -0230 (NDT) On 07-Aug-96 Garrett Wollman wrote: >><<On Wed, 7 Aug 1996 11:07:52 -0230 (NDT), paul8@cs.mun.ca said: > > >> The kernel fails to compile when this machine has 64MB of memory >> installed. Works fine with 32 and 16 Megs of memory. Works with 64MB if the >> external cache is turned off. > >You have either bad memory or a bad cache. It's not a FreeBSD >problem. (Generally, anything that starts working when the cache is >turned off is more than likely a symptom of a bad motherboard.) > Thanks for the reply. You guessed the problem, it is the motherboard. I just found out that there are known problems with the brand that I have when running some UNIX flavors on them. Cheers Paul Manuel Systems Programmer Memorial University of NF St. John's, NF Canada (709) 737-2661 E-Mail: Paul Manuel <paul8@cs.mun.ca> Date: 08/07/96 Time: 16:38:16
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