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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:07:46 -0500
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Subject: Re: Installation probs w/3.0-BETA
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At 11:15 PM 10/13/98 -0700, Tom wrote:
>  Or use parity SIMM/DIMM and then there is zero guess work.  Rather than
>a mysterious non-reproducable crash, you will get a parity failed panic.
>Everyone should use parity memory all the time.

True, but how many actually do install parity memory in their servers, let
alone workstations.  Had I waited one week longer for a 128MB DIMM, the
price dropped enough to where I would have paid the same for parity.  Not a
server, which should have parity, but paying 50% more for a workstation...

>  Just like any other FreeBSD app:  as much as is available.  Since the
>install does a lot of i/o most of memory will probably put to work as a
>disk cache.

Though so.


Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking
jeff@mountin.net

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