From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 28 18:35:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA29425 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line14.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.78]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA29417 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00290; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:35:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Eric Berenguier cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0 CRASH! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Eric Berenguier wrote: > >Your computer's specs (CPU, memory, motherboard, amount of swap, etc) > >would be helpful auxiliary information, in case it happens to be some sort > >of known bug in some hardware device. > > Hardware config is: 486DX2-66, VLB motherboard (no other info), 16Mb Ram, > 20Mb Swap, IDE Hard disk. > It crashed 4 times the same day, and then no more. Probably a hardware > problem. Possible. Your swap is a bit small for your memory -- suggested is 2xmemory. Although running out of swap won't illicit a panic (usually), it would be something to consider. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major