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Date:      Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:29:31 +0100
From:      "Rob MacGregor" <freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk>
To:        <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: 5.2.1 on EPIA M1000 board
Message-ID:  <200406020929.i529TVhc023789@the-macgregors.org>
In-Reply-To: <26886C6C-B422-11D8-8FB5-000A95C874EE@mail.allcaps.org>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr.
> 
> Errors correlated with extensive disk activity often point to a power 
> supply problem.  This is especially the case for 7200RPM 
> drives as they 
> suck down quite a bit of transient power while spinning up.
> 
> You might want to take your EPIA board setup and put it into 
> a standard 
> 300W ATX case and see if the problems continue.

At least in my case I'd be surprised if it's a power problem as the
system ran 4.7 just fine.  It's only the 5.x series that suffered.

-- 
 Rob | Oh my God! They killed init! You bastards! 



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