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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:04:42 -0700
From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Thomas SOETE <thomas@soete.info>
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Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel Fatal Trap 12
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:59:08PM +0200, Thomas SOETE wrote:
> Kris Kennaway a ?crit :
> >On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:46:16PM +0200, Thomas SOETE wrote:
> >  
> >>Hi everybody
> >>Since a little time I began to have some kernel fatal trap 12
> >>    
> >
> >Kernel panics that magically start for no reason after a long time of
> >stability are usually because your hardware has begun to fail.
> >
> >Kris
> >  
> 
> Hum, is there a way to have a little idea of which hardware begun to fail ?
> 

(Top post fixed!)

Start by checking memory.  If you have x86 hardware, then
look at memtest86+.  http://www.memtest.org/

-- 
Steve