From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 22 22:04:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA21365 for current-outgoing; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:04:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from d198-232.uoregon.edu (d198-232.uoregon.edu [128.223.198.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA21360 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:04:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu) Received: (from mini@localhost) by d198-232.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00592; Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:03:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971122220349.53823@micron.mini.net> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 22:03:49 -0800 From: Jonathan Mini To: User Toasty Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Repeated system crashes with 110897 snap. Reply-To: Jonathan Mini References: <199711230242.UAA00354@shell.dragondata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199711230242.UAA00354@shell.dragondata.com>; from User Toasty on Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 08:42:26PM -0600 X-files: The Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk User Toasty stands accused of saying: > I don't know what you guys would need to know about the hardware, but: > > Tyan Tomcat IV with two P/200's > 128MB of ram > 3Com 509 network card > IDE hard drive Other issues aside, the best way to give a hardware profile is to include a copy of the COMPLETE dmesg output. This gives the kernel's messages (including boot and errors) which are more much more informative that the info you gave. :) (Note I said _complete_. An edited dmesg is often next to useless, since the user mistakenly identifies vital information as irrelivent and edits it out) -- Jonathan Mini Ingenious Productions Software Development P.O. Box 5693, Eugene, Or. 97405 "A child of five could understand this! Quick -- Fetch me a child of five."