Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:07:04 -0700 (PWT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "Bruce M. Walter" <walter@fortean.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Alpha Multia ( Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904121004180.23829-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990412124039.9548B-100000@aries.fortean.com>
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> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > >> Issue 2 - Random crashes. With 3.1-RELEASE the system will randomly just > > > [SNIP] > > > > I'm not too sure what to suggest. Has anyone else noticed this on 3.1? > > > > Yes, but only for the multia. > > I'd be interested in finding out whether this is a 'FreeBSD thing' or a > 'Multia thing.' I also run a 500au which does not show any signs of this > problem. Of course, the Multia is a cat with different spots. Short of > running NetBSD or Linux for a few weeks, does anyone have any suggestions I've had it do this occasionally on Linux, but only for a really flakey older multia (is there any other kind)? I've not had this happen under NetBSD, but I haven't run NetBSD under load on a multia in 2 years. > on how to try to narrow the possibilities of what could be causing these > reboots without panics? > > Also, does anyone out there have Multia success stories, or are we the > only ones unlucky enough to be bothering with them? > These are success stories. They allow somebody to try the alpha architecture for < 500$. If you then realize that this particular alpha is 5-6 year old technology and quite quite slow, but otherwise seems interesting, you're then probably interested enough to spend the 2-4K$ for a ev56 type system that actually is quite usable. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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