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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > Anybody running FreeBSD given it a shot just to see?  I  have been
> > > thinking about it to see if it fixes my UFS problems that are seemingly
> > > unrepairable.
> > 
> >   UFS problem?
> 
> He's talking about his "free xxx isn't" race condition errors.

  What exactly is it about this condition that makes it occur on some
machines?  I don't see it on a 16GB and a 8GB news spool here.  No
corruption problmes either (although it was not clear to me, whether the
corruption is just a result of the panic, or just another effect of this
problem).

> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 
> 

Tom