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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: silo overflows
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On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Antonio Bemfica wrote:

> I keep getting the following message while doing ftp transfers (I connect
> with user-ppp):
> 
> /kernel: sio1: 1 more silo overflow (total xxx)
> 
> The number (xxx) keeps growing ...  Does anybody know why?

The data is moving faster than the computer can keep up.  Try reducing
your baudrate.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major