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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Could someone explain cache problems for the FAQ? Date: 26 Aug 1993 12:47:47 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 21 Message-ID: <25it0h$mn@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil Actually, I am more interested than the FAQ is, but I will put the Q/A in there anyway... I am suddenly the proud owner of a 386/40 with 256k of on-board cache. With the cache enabled, I get nothing. No boot, nothing. With the cache off, the system boots, until my crazy EGA card loses its mind and I end up with black-on-black. Would someone care to explain what the problem with caches are? They have caused me a considerable amount of problems. Everything from the one above, to the place at work where my file system gets corrupted. Cache seems to be an endless source of problems, but I don't understand why. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX