From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 25 6:17:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (ulysses.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D93E15648 for ; Tue, 25 May 1999 06:17:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr) Received: from dblab.ece.ntua.gr (ithaca.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr [147.102.12.1]) by ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA00051; Tue, 25 May 1999 16:17:01 +0300 (EET DST) Received: from hawk.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr (hawk.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr [147.102.12.8]) by dblab.ece.ntua.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA11448; Tue, 25 May 1999 16:14:04 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from george@localhost) by hawk.dbnet.ece.ntua.gr (8.9.3/8.9.2) id QAA68094; Tue, 25 May 1999 16:16:59 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:16:59 +0300 From: Yiorgos Adamopoulos To: Sergey Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] How stable is FreeBSD 3.X ? Message-ID: <19990525161659.A68052@dblab.ece.ntua.gr> Reply-To: adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr References: <19990525053706.15157.qmail@nym.alias.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990525053706.15157.qmail@nym.alias.net>; from Sergey on Tue, May 25, 1999 at 05:37:06AM -0000 X-Organization: Knowledge and Data Base Systems Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE X-URL: http://tupac.net/hood/adamo X-Alt-Email: adamo@ieee.org X-Work-Phone: +30-1-772-1-436 X-Work-FAX: +30-1-772-1-442 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 05:37:06AM -0000, Sergey wrote: > I've checked this out on good hardware. And now can CLAIM that > 3.1-R *really* have kernel problems on FreeBSD's "classic" configuration. > This bug causes TERRIBLE instability - panic in 24 hours. Even Microsoft's > OSes gives significantly better results Allow me to say that I cannot agree with you. I have two machines that get rebooted only when the power (and the UPS) fail. Very classic configuration also: 3.0-R: Name/mail server for gr.eu.org, cy.eu.org, home.eu.org, thirio.irc.gr secondary for eu.org. This is a: CPU: Pentium II (quarter-micron) (360.54-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping=2 Features=0x183f9ff> 3.1-R: (now 3.2-R) My desktop is a: CPU: Pentium/P54C (99.47-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x526 Stepping=6 Features=0x1bf The only reboots they had was only when the UPS died (and when *I* typed reboot). Either check your HW or your kernel config. -- Yiorgos Adamopoulos -- #include adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr -- Knowledge and Data Base Systems Laboratory, NTUA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message