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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@current1.whistle.com>
To: Oliver von Bueren <ovb@limmat.ch>
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Subject: Re: Hardware or Software problem/bug?
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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.
>=20
> 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-Releas=
e.
> The system runs very well in normal operation. This means running as DNS =
Server
> and stuff like that. No problem at all.
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> 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 rep=
air 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.
>=20
> I compiled several different things. Like a kernel compile run or other p=
orts.
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> I tried several things but could not find the problem causing the above.
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> Any Ideas?
>=20
>=20
>=20
>        Cheers,
>        Oliver
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