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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help with coredumps under FreeBSD 2.1.5R
Date: 21 Jul 1996 21:53:09 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Cc: map@marikit.iphil.net (Miguel A.L. Paraz)

map@marikit.iphil.net (Miguel A.L. Paraz) wrote:

> I really want to run FreeBSD on this.  Any suggestions on what could be 
> wrong?  I was thinking it was hardware (especially from the sig 11 FAQ),
> but how come it works perfectly (so far) under Linux?

Since Linux probably stresses the machine at other points.  From your
description, it heavily smells like hardware.  I wouldn't suspect the
cache controller on an ASUS, so it's perhaps indeed RAM or cache.  Do
you have the chance to swap them (temporarily)?

> Thanks very much in advance.  I'd appreciate a cc: to e-mail since the
> machine in question is the news server!

Cc sent.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)