Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:18:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.4-rc instability Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0108281717190.8500-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200108280900.LAA24294@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Brandon D. Valentine <bandix@looksharp.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, David Kelly wrote:
> > >Used to run an installation of about 40 machines, mixed SGI and Sun.
> > >Part of my weekly check was a scan for logged recovered memory errors.
> > >They simply happened sometimes to even healthy machines. But often when
> > >a machine started crashing or unusual process termination, I'd find
> > >several memory errors logged. When the machine is under a maintenance
> > >contract entries in the system log make it easy to have the soft memory
> > >replaced before the machine becomes unstable.
> >
> > I'll chime in with support for buying quality ECC memory. I admin what
> > is quickly reaching fifty SGIs and there is nothing better than having a
> > machine tell you when it's memory is going bad. PCs need something like
> > SGI's ARCS PROM diagnostic tools.
>
> Unfortunately, FreeBSD does not support ECC RAM (or did
> that change recently?).
That's news to me. I've been successfully running a stick of
Crucial PC2100 ECC for months now.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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