Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@current1.whistle.com> To: Oliver von Bueren <ovb@limmat.ch> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hardware or Software problem/bug? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960826134928.1053B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <3221d990.11949983@mail.limmat.ch>
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sounds like a flaky memory subsystem. does the MB have a home-made cache? if so can it be disabled? try slowing down the ram cycles. These a prime symtoms of bad cache/memory systems julian On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Oliver von Bueren wrote: > Hip. > > I have a problem I can't solve. A 386DX40 with 8MB Ram, Adaptec 1542CP, a > Quantum 1.2GB Disk, a CD Rom drive, a Ne2000 network adaptor and a ET4000 > graphics card. All that with a fresh installation of FreeBSD 2.1.5-Release. > The system runs very well in normal operation. This means running as DNS Server > and stuff like that. No problem at all. > > But when I like to compile something, very strange things happen. Things like: > cc: Internal compiler error: program as got fatal signal 10 > *** Error code 1 > About the same message I got with signal 11 or 5. > I also saw a bus error once or twice. With the message above the machine went > down a few things on the /var tree got corrupt. Another time I had to repair the > root file system (namely the /sbin directory). That one was nearly empty after I > was through with fsck. I copied the directory from the Live cd and it was up and > running again. > > I compiled several different things. Like a kernel compile run or other ports. > > I tried several things but could not find the problem causing the above. > > Any Ideas? > > > > Cheers, > Oliver > > /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ > ¦ Oliver von Bueren ovb@limmat.ch ¦ > ¦ Schlierenstr. 42 ¦ > ¦ 8142 Uitikon Switzerland ¦ > ¦ VoicePhone: ++41-1-4920626 Attention: TimeZone GMT+1 ¦ > ¦ Fax : ++41-1-4002626 VoiceCalls only 09.00-21.00 local time ¦ > \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ >
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