From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 21 22:11:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19625 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 22:11:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from calvin.math.vt.edu (calvin.math.vt.edu [198.82.185.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19617 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 1998 22:11:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mmead@calvin.math.vt.edu) Received: from mmead@localhost by calvin.math.vt.edu id <57345-20905>; Sun, 22 Feb 1998 01:12:32 -0500 Message-ID: <19980222011227.62224@math.vt.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 01:12:27 -0500 From: "matthew c. mead" To: dg@root.com Cc: Greg Lehey , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new 2.2.5 installation randomly (and constantly) panics References: <19980222010353.57237@math.vt.edu> <199802220607.WAA00271@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802220607.WAA00271@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 10:07:25PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 10:07:25PM -0800, David Greenman wrote: > >and a P90 cpu (clocked to 100 - has been that way for about 2 years > >without problems). > Would it be possible to either slow the CPU back down to 90MHz or replace > it with a 100Mhz one? Just a test...it is possible that the instruction mix > in the kernel has changed in a way that is provoking the problem. A GPF in > the kernel is quite rare and if the overclocked CPU wasn't the cause, would > be unlikely in the traceback that you provided. Yes, I'm glad he asked about hardware, otherwise I wouldn't have given the overclocked CPU a second though. I'll go in tomorrow and do that (hopefully I can find the motherboard book). I'm building a config -g kernel now and hope to debug from it soon... -matt -- Matthew C. Mead Virginia Tech Mathematics Department 460 McBryde Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123 mmead@math.vt.edu (540)231-2643 FAX: (540)231-5960 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message