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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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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

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