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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: FreeBSD hangs Message-ID: <DyxJ7y.7Jq.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <32560E04.3163@www.play-hookey.com> <536erv$8kl@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> <kientzleDytz0y.K7L@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:43:10 GMT Lines: 12 In article <kientzleDytz0y.K7L@netcom.com> kientzle@netcom.com writes: >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. Presumably you know this, but some systems require both a jumper and a BIOS setting for write-through/back. It shouldn't matter which way you set them, but you have to be consistent! -- Richard -- "Nothing can stop me now... except microscopic germs"