Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:05 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Random craches under heavy(?) disk activity Message-ID: <199811232228.OAA00715@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <3659F860.E8309B47@ein-hashofet.co.il>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In article <3659F860.E8309B47@ein-hashofet.co.il>,
Gilad Rom <rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il> wrote:
> >> I too have been experiencing random
> >> reboots, with no apparent reason.
>
> >I see an apparent reason. Keep reading.
>
> >> My machine is a Pentium 200Mhz overclocked to 233Mhz,
>
> >Stop that. At least until your system is 100% stable and does not
> >exhibit any symptoms which can be clearly traced to software.
>
> >- Jordan
>
> Well, I would, but I have been running this box
> overclocked for more than 6 months now, never had
> a glitch. Reboots only started back when other
> people reported such behaviour on the list as well.
> Im going to get a spare box and make a serial console
> off of it, see if I can get the panic message.
It doesn't make any difference how long your box has appeared to work.
If you're overclocking it at all, we don't want to see your panic
messages. They are too likely to mislead. It's just that simple.
John
--
John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
-- H. L. Mencken
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199811232228.OAA00715>