From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 27 08:46:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08051 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:46:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07978 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:45:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA09150 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA02790; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:44:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA16199; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:18:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id LAA13790; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:48:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:48:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199807271548.LAA13790@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, sas@schell.de Subject: Freeing Free Block [was: Re: FreeBSD or LINUX??? - Which one should I choose?] In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sascha Schumann wrote: > > On 25 Jul 1998, Peter Mutsaers wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 22:22:40 +0200 (MET DST), Sascha Schumann > > >> said: > [..] > > > > Maybe, but from my experience, FreeBSD (even -current) is more stable > > than Linux. > > I'm running FreeBSD-stable (2.2.7) now for four days and it crashed three > times on me. The first time, I copied a 2MB file to a clean ext2fs > partition - the system hang (I could still switch between terminals), > but the partition was mixed up - lots of errors while running e2fsck. The > second time happened while hammering the FreeBSD machine with lots of web > request. The system froze (=totally dead) after ~2M requests. The third > time was again disk related, "Freeing free block" and system reboot within > 15 seconds while installing a new kernel image. Sascha - I'd like to hear more about the last crash you got "Freeing free block". Can you describe the circumstances, and with luck; provide a reproduction? - Thanks - - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message