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From: sijben@seine.cs.utwente.nl (Paul Sijben)
Subject: Re: NetBSD system hang
Message-ID: <1993Jun21.132233.6983@cs.utwente.nl>
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Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
References:  <1993Jun18.193505.1315@intellistor.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 13:22:33 GMT
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In article <1993Jun18.193505.1315@intellistor.com>, cwolff@intellistor.com (Clint Wolff) writes:
|> I have just finished installing NetBSD 0.8 on a new system here at
|> work, and I have one minor problem with it... Occasionally it hangs
|> with the hard disk light on... The only recovery is to reset...
|> 
|> My configuration:
|> 	386DX-25
|> 	ITT 387
|> 	120Mb Maxtor IDE (7120) (all NetBSD)
|> 	Zenith VGA
|> 	Super I/O controller card (IDE,Serial,Parallel,Game)
|> 	WD8003T network card
|> 
|> All filesystems start at cylinder boundaries... Source tree is NFS
|> mounted from a sun workstation...
|> 
I am having the same problem with my system (486, 50 MHZ, 8 MB ram , 200 MB HD
(IDE))
I think it might originate from XFree1.2 so I am going to install version 1.3



|> Any suggestions??? I am not adverse to finding the problem myself,
|> but I don't want to reinvent the wheel either...
|> 
|> Thanks,
|> clint
|> -- 
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|> | Clint Wolff                                          Blonde and proud of it |
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