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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD hangs
Date: 6 Oct 1996 15:23:04 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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kientzle@netcom.com wrote:

> I had a similar problem when I first installed FreeBSD, which I finally
> solved by changing the cache settings in the CMOS.  I changed it from
> `write back' to `write through.'  System was rock-solid after that.

That points to a crappy chipset on your mainboard, however.

-- 
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. ;-)