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Date:      Thu, 9 Jan 1997 22:04:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        "Bradley C. Spatz" <bcs@afn.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Natoma PPRO freezes with 2.1.6R.
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.970109220150.11003A-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199701100225.VAA20890@freenet1.afn.org>

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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Bradley C. Spatz wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I just unpacked a SuperMicro P6DNF (Natoma, 440FX) with 1 PPRO 180Mhz
> CPU, 64M EDO RAM, 2940UW SCSI, SMC8432BTA ethernet.
> 
> I installed 2.1.6R and began to compile a custom kernel.  At various
> stages -- either during "make depend" or "make" -- the system simply
> freezes.  No errors on the console or in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Is there a problem with this motherboard or with Natoma/440FX boards?

There isn't any generic Natoma problem, I have one working the SMP kernel,
it's running fine, and I've had it nearly non-stop compiling for days.
You have to go looking for other causes (bad memory, disk, motherboard,
whatever).  I know, that's the last thing you wanted to hear ...

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