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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Release Install Problems. HELP!
Date: 23 Jun 1996 22:02:17 +0100
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Timothy P. Sparks (sparkstp@gde.GDEsystems.COM) wrote:
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Wow, 90% of people ask questions without giving enough info......

It's almost definitely a hardware problem - SIMMS would be my guess.
If you're in a position to borrow some, try swapping bits around.
Inconsistent errors like this are almost always hardware.

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....