From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 06:15:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 922B616A4B3 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 06:15:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (krusty.dt.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.163.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A3443FE0 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 06:14:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (krusty.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.163.1])B11101009E for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:14:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0A72E94B60; Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:14:56 +0200 (CEST) To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (Vivek Khera's message of "(unknown date)") References: <20030929151905.GD3743@freebsdmall.com> <20031001184433.O74468@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20031002095153.GB5190@merlin.emma.line.org> From: Matthias Andree Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:14:56 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.9 RC1 (i386) now available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:15:01 -0000 Vivek Khera writes: > MA> memtest 3.0 passes without finding anything. CPU cooler is also > MA> working. I'll now try FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE- and see if it > MA> segfaults as well. > > I once had a machine that would fail reliably (every X days) running > BSD/OS. Running FreeBSD it would go for a couple of weeks. Running > RedHat it would just run and run and run. Now, one more data point: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE doesn't show segfaults during install and shortly before remaking /dev entries. During both installs, 4.8-REL and 4.9-RC1, I've seen one package install abort prematurely, with 4.8-REL, 't was Kerberos IV. I don't recall what failed with 4.9-RC1. BTW, I fdisk'ed and disklabel'ed fine, but I didn't install a MBR (because it's a dual-boot machine with GRUB stage1 in the MBR). ANY efforts to boot 4.8-REL or 4.9-RC1 via chainloader fail. I'm using something like: root (hd0,2,a) chainloader +1 boot I'm getting "Not UFS" from the loader. The computer has one of these broken AWARD BIOS 4.51PG versions that lock up when a drive >32GB is attached, so it's using Ontrack Dynamic Drive Overlay V9.55. Any known issues with that? > I wouldn't rule out hardware problems even if linux runs fine on it. OK, point taken. > The thing I like about Dell hardware is that they have these *really* > nifty diagnostics that pinpoint the most amazing little things, down > to the individual chip in some instances. I'd rather not ask about the price for Dell replacement parts after the warranty has expired or is refused for the particular defect... -- Matthias Andree Encrypt your mail: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95