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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: [HELP] getting kenel panic with trap message
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In article <shri.806680302@jove>, shri@jove.acs.unt.edu (Shrinand `shri' Desai) writes:
> Atleast 3 times a day I get the following kernal panic and bsd dumps
> and reboots. 
> 
> trap with null curproc! trap type 12 code 0x0 eip 0xF0047214
> cs 0x8 eflags 0x10207 cr2 0x2d
> panic: page fault
> syncing disks 6 6 3 done
> dumping to dev 18,0,1 offset 0

  That's usually a defective motherboard design. There are more broken 
motherboards out there than working ones. Try disabling external cache
if your board allows it. That may help, but it may not.

	Terry Kennedy		  Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	  St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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