From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 23 14:28:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25936 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25930 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA20131; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA00715; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811232228.OAA00715@vashon.polstra.com> To: rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il Subject: Re: Random craches under heavy(?) disk activity Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.current In-Reply-To: <3659F860.E8309B47@ein-hashofet.co.il> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <3659F860.E8309B47@ein-hashofet.co.il>, Gilad Rom 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