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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 woes (or would I rather go back to DOS?)
Date: 25 Jul 1994 14:26:16 GMT
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Richard P. Bainter (pug@arlut.utexas.edu) wrote:
:   Well I've got NetBSD 0.9 installed. I have SL/IP working. I download
:   the kernel source. I start to compile a new kernel. It blows up with
:   "cc1 internal signal 11" or some such. Well I start the compile again,
:   it works a little further, but does it again. Every now and then it
:   reboots even. Why?!?! 

Friends of mine had a similar problem under Linux.  The solution  there
was to ensure all shadowing and/or caching was turned *off* in the
BIOS.  Apparently it screws with the Linux (and possibly BSD) VM system.

Phil.