Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:54:26 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Tom Shafron <phred1975@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3, amd64, k8s pro locked up just now Message-ID: <20050423025426.GA15376@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050423024854.88995.qmail@web60007.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050423024854.88995.qmail@web60007.mail.yahoo.com>
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--HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:48:54PM -0700, Tom Shafron wrote: > --- Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> > wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 07:35:47PM -0700, Tom > > Shafron wrote: > > > My 5.3 amd64 just locked up. Seems to be a > > similar > > > problem to what Vivek has been describing. The > > config > > > is: > > >=20 > > > Tyan k8s pro (SATA version) > > > 5.3 Release > > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > This could be your problem (although Scott Long > > fixes > > were for systems with >4 GB memory). > >=20 > > Since the system is lock-up at the moment, you > > may want to take this oportunity to upgrade to > > 5.4 RC2 or newer. > >=20 >=20 > I'm kind of nervous about using 5.4 since it's not > considered a "Release" version yet and I'm planning on > using this for a production machine... that is > assuming I can get it working properly ;) >=20 > Is it the general consensus that 5.4 RC2 is more > stable than 5.3 (who cares if 5.3 is "release" if it > locks up right...) and could be used in a production > box? Or is this a bad idea...? As of now I'm > definitely not comfortable with using this 5.3 box in > production... Given that 5.3 is apparently unusable for you, it can't be that much of a worry for you to try out the release candidate for 5.4, which is by definition "very close to what will be released as 5.4". Kris --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCabjiWry0BWjoQKURAm0zAJ92MNNHAQLgLp77lPaJ/ao+t8wwJQCfRMHv 1sTOgWdROleWwPTfjeWUE0k= =v5j/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HlL+5n6rz5pIUxbD--
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