Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 10:13:10 -0600 From: Aaron J Siegel <Aaron.Siegel@attbi.com> To: Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Computer crashes and hard drive geometry Message-ID: <3D0CB916.9000003@attbi.com>
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Hello
I purchased a computer in January of this year which as been
nothing but a big headache. Every time I compile the kernel it crashes,
or give a bunch of compiler errors. The computer is a AMD XP +1500
with, Epox 8kha, and the ram is a 256 MB Crucial DDR. I have a 40 GB
IBM hard drive setup with LBA geometry. Do I need to set the geometry to
a extended INT13 mode? Could the hard drive be creating the problem?
I have tried everything I can think of; replaced the RAM, upgraded the
bios, tried the video card in another computer, used a different hard
drive(it appear to be a little more stable). I have moved the hard drive
to a older computer, PII, 440BX, Promise 100TX IDE controller, there are
no problems the computer, it can run for days without a glitch. I save
the core but when I run gdb I receive the error:
"/usr/var/crash4/vmcore.0": not in executable format: File format not
recognized". Next I have a problem Iike this I will send the whole
computer back not just components, let them deal with it.
Thank you
Aaron
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