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From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
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Subject: Re: Random signals in {build,install}world recently?
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Vallo Kallaste wrote:

VK>Hi
VK>
VK>It seems to be a recent problem. The hardware is OK, both Windows XP
VK>(which I use very seldom) and Gentoo Linux do not exhibit any
VK>problems.
VK>Basically one will get random signals as I have got in build- and
VK>installworld. It's impossible to complete make -j2 buildworld on my
VK>machine, but sometimes non-parallel buildworld will do, only to die
VK>later in installworld.
VK>This is on two-processor AMD 2400+ MP system, ASUS A7M-266D mobo and
VK>1GB ECC memory, ATA disks and CD/RW-DVD only. 4BSD scheduler if it
VK>matters.

I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU
frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I
assume the problem is actually the memory.

harti

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