From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 15:53:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F5B37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:53:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD99A43FD7 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:53:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (adsl-65-68-247-73.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.68.247.73]) by sage-one.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with SMTP id h5DMqsTM039003; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:53:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20030613175242.0139b2a8@sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:52:42 -0500 To: Bill Moran From: "Jack L. Stone" In-Reply-To: <3EEA5190.8010702@potentialtech.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20030613172242.013a22c8@sage-one.net> <3.0.5.32.20030613172242.013a22c8@sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=4.5 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES version=2.54-sage_one.rules_v1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.54-sage_one.rules_v1 (1.174.2.17-2003-05-11-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make -- Illegal instruction - core dumpedI've been trying to X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:53:13 -0000 At 06:34 PM 6.13.2003 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: >Jack L. Stone wrote: >> I've been trying to update, via sources, an older server (586 CPU) that's >> running a real sparse 4.5-RELEASE, but each time I use: >> # make 'target' I get the following error. >> Illegal instruction - core dumped >> >> It's got me stopped in my tracks. Any tips for a fix appreciated.... > >Sounds like buggy hardware. Does it always fail at the same place? If not, >it's probably bad RAM or a failing or overheating processor. Try out some >tools like memtest86 or cpuburn to try to narrow it down. > >-- >Bill Moran Thanks for the reply, Bill. The above error message is as far as it gets. #make 'target' and then the error is returned.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net