From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 24 01:26:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27813 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:26:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zappa.demon.nl (zappa.demon.nl [195.173.232.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA27748 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:25:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@zappa.demon.nl) Received: (from root@localhost) by zappa.demon.nl (8.9.1/8.8.8) id KAA00629; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:27:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: <19981124102706.A613@zappa.demon.nl> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:27:06 +0100 From: Ron Klinkien To: Steve Kargl , "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Random craches under heavy(?) disk activity References: <43337.911854048@zippy.cdrom.com> <199811232226.OAA24221@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199811232226.OAA24221@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steve Kargl on Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 02:26:53PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 02:26:53PM -0800, 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. > > -- > Steve > > finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu > http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message My system is: ASUS P2B-S PII 333Mhz 128Mb Mem, U2W SCSI Disk, FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT I only run the standard full system install with KDE 1.0 and Netscape 4.5 If i don't do a: sysctl -w vfs.ffs.doreallocblks=0 The system won't survive longer than a day, it usally reboots when performing standard cron stuff on 2.00AM Ron. --- "You could jam in Joe's garage..." -FZ Ron Klinkien System Engineer ron@zappa.demon.nl http://www.zappa.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message