Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 08:34:18 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steve Kargl) Cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Random craches under heavy(?) disk activity Message-ID: <199811240734.IAA02274@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199811232226.OAA24221@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Nov 23, 1998 2:26:53 pm"
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It seems Steve Kargl wrote: > According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > > > 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, > > First, I agree he should stop overclocking. But, there really > is a *subtle* bug. I've 4 to 5 crashes, but I haven't been > able to get a dump. > > I've created and deleted 100's of MB of files (e.g., several > make worlds). Then, on a seeming idle system, simply reading > email can cause the problem. Try do a "sysctl -w vfs.ffs.doreallocblks=0" that may fix the problem, at least is has solved a very semilar looking problem for me (and no I dont overclock :) ) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@freebsd.org) FreeBSD Core Team member To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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