From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 29 07:36:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA05584 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA05572 for ; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 07:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.tcguy.net (buxton-18.ime.net [206.231.148.147]) by ime.net (8.7.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA07815; Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:35:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <31D53F72.7D61@ime.net> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:36:34 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler Reply-To: tcg@ime.net Organization: The Computer Guy X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anil John CC: Questions Subject: Re: Compiling kernel for ATAPI CD-ROM error - fatal signal 11- what is it? References: <01BB654A.30C32020@ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Anil John wrote: > > Greg Lehey[SMTP:grog@lemis.de] wrote: >> >>OK, at a guess I'd change these ones: >> >>> Cache Timing Control: Normal*/Fast/Turbo >>> DRAM Timing Control: Normal*/Fast >>> Fast DRAM: Enabled/Disabled* >> >>If that fixes the problem, it will also slightly slow down the machine >>(probably not enough to be noticable). If you really want to squeeze >>out the last 0.5% performance, you can then gradually try speeding >>things up. The trouble is, you can easily get the machine into a >>marginally unstable situation where it fails in strange ways only when >>your back it turned. >> > > It works!!! I just compiled a new kernel with no problem... > Actually what I did was use the BIOS defaults for that page > which included the above settings... > I really did not see any visible performance hits. So I think > I'll leave it where it is... > Goes to show how important it is to start out with the basics (defaults) when stepping out into the unknown! One step at a time. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848