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Date:      Fri, 28 Jun 1996 23:33:19 -0400
From:      Anil John <ajohn@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
To:        "'Greg Lehey'" <grog@lemis.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   RE: Compiling kernel for ATAPI CD-ROM error - fatal signal 11- what is it?
Message-ID:  <01BB654A.30C32020@ppp47.bcpl.lib.md.us>

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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...

Greg, thanks for all of your help...

Anil






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