Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 20:50:30 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Arrg!! sig 11 Message-ID: <199605260250.UAA22807@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960526124237.26238E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> References: <199605260239.UAA22775@rocky.sri.MT.net> <Pine.SOL.3.91.960526124237.26238E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
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Carey Nairn writes: [ Signal 11's ] > > I suspect dodgy hardware. It shouldn't matter if the upgrade was done > > (assuming the upgrade was done correctly ala. 'make world'). If the > > latter was done, then *all* the system binaries except the kernel were > > updated, and I assumed you also upgraded the kernel. > > The upgrade was done as a binary only upgrade using the upgrade from > 2.0.5 option in the installation menu (I didn't have enough space to hold > the entire 2.1 source for a make world). > > If its dodgy hardware do you have any hints as to what I should look > for? The system seems to work OK for most general work, but just has > these random failures when compiling... Try disabling the L2 cache and see if they go away. If so, then you know. > FYI its a pentium 100, 16MB RAM (70ns.. I guess this may be a problem) > 2 WD IDE disks, 1 IDE CDROM, Diamond Stealth S3 868 DRAM PCI card... At least on some motherboards, to run a 100Mhz Pentium *requires* 60ns parts. Nate
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