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From: newsserv!stark!gene@cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD multiple problems
Date: 23 Nov 93 06:59:39
Organization: Gene Stark's home system
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Message-ID: <NEWSSERV!STARK!GENE.93Nov23065939@stark.uucp>
References: <1993Nov20.224542.8926@alw.nih.gov>
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In-reply-to: crtb@helix.nih.gov's message of Sat, 20 Nov 1993 22:45:42 GMT

In article <1993Nov20.224542.8926@alw.nih.gov> crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) writes:

>   1. uname is run by /etc/rc, and seg faults.  It seg faults if I run it
>      manually also, no matter what args.

This might be a symptom of having upgraded your whole system to
FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE, but still running a FreeBSD-EPSILON kernel.
The uname system call was added in the transition to RELEASE.
Are you sure you are running a RELEASE kernel?

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