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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!usenet From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: external cache Date: 17 Apr 1997 15:27:54 GMT Organization: Awfulhak Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5j5fhq$8j1@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> References: <ricky-ya02408000R1704971059210001@news.come.net.uk> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: shift.utell.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39231 In article <ricky-ya02408000R1704971059210001@news.come.net.uk>, ricky@come.net.uk (Ricky Chan) writes: > I am running a couple of P166 with FreeBSD 2.2.1 on them. I was told by > someone that external cache HAS to be switched off, is this the case??? No. If you experience random SIGBUSs, it's good to try disabling cache and swapping memory 'till you find the problem. If this does solve the problem, it indicates that you cache is not functional. Because of the non-preemtive nature of dos and windows and the like, a lot of cache problems aren't noticed.... until you run a *real* OS ;O -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !