Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:41:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mysterious boot during the night Message-ID: <20011119124150.R16195@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <003a01c1709e$e8318e30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <005201c1706f$572afb80$6600000a@ach.domain> <003a01c1709e$e8318e30$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Monday, 19 November 2001 at 3:07:07 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Andrew writes: >> You don't need to update the entire operating system if you can >> procure and install the patch. Note, first, that this claim is wrong. > Good. So how do I know that this patch is related to the mysterious > boot I observed? You don't. It just fits the symptoms. >> You may have to ask... but, from what Greg has said, the patch was >> written specifically to make your chipset compatable with FreeBSD. > > Fine, but how do I know that a chipset incompatibility had anything > to do with my problem? You don't. It just fits the symptoms. Note, however, that there's nothing else in this box which is likely to cause the problems. I'm writing this on a very similar machine, running -CURRENT (with the fix), and I haven't had any trouble. The machine has been up for nearly 2 weeks. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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