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From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (Craig Harding)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5R and behaviour under pressure.
Date: 4 Sep 1996 23:10:12 +1200
Organization: ACME BBS / +64 6 3551104 / Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Jonathan Chen (jonc@pinnacle.co.nz ) writes:
> I'm running 2.1.5R on a measley '486 with 16Mb RAM with the GENERIC
> kernel; and I've noticed that `sometimes' when I'm running a series
> a compiles (eg building a new kernel), the compiles all start to fail
> with bus-errors ("cc1 died with signal 10") if I load up the machine
> while the compiles are running.
FreeBSD is generally considered to have a very stable VM
system. Strange problems like this which are triggered by hard
work are often traced to dodgy RAM, which won't always be found
by "lesser" OSs. Try swapping some SIMMs and looking at the
results. The specific nature of your problems also suggest a
problem with swap, could the HD or controller used for swap be
problematic?
- k
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Craig Harding kilroy@acme.gen.nz ACME BBS +64 6 355-1104
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