Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 03:36:59 +1000 (EST) From: Brian Timothy HERLIHY <btherl@students.cs.mu.oz.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: lockups, reboots Message-ID: <199707301737.DAA15081@cat.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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Hello, Last night I installed FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE onto my amd 486 dx4/100, and some very odd things have been happening. Firstly, the boot disk for installation would not boot until I switched the cpu cache off. Once all was installed, things seemed to be working until I tried to compile cfs (crypto file system). The system locked solid; this is reproducible. Also, while transferring files via ftp over slip, it rebooted about 1 hour ago. (cpu cache was on) Is this something to do with using 2.2.2-RELEASE, or is it more likely to be my particular system? I am now deciding whether to install linux or a more stable freeBSD on the system (I already have two linux 2.0.30, very reliable, never crash unless I do something dumb :) Or are there any bios settings I should tweak? Switching off cpu cache halves the speed, so that's not very good :( Thanks, Brian
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