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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!eos!aio!u1k56 From: u1k56@space.link.com (Jeffrey R Lang) Subject: Re: Hang up on heavy disk load (Re: Adaptec SCSI bug?) Message-ID: <1992Aug4.214224.29021@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) Organization: CAE-Link, Houston, TX References: <1992Aug3.150008.188@cotton.nc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1992Aug3.195717.26165@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug03.215241.24067@NeoSoft.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 21:42:24 GMT Lines: 32 In article <1992Aug03.215241.24067@NeoSoft.com> karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >In article <1992Aug3.195717.26165@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> u1k56@space.link.com (Jeffrey R Lang) writes: >>I have also been having troubles trying to use install or by hand. It >>appears that on heavy disk load the system will lock up and i will have >>to reboot. > >How much memory do you have? We had fairly frequent lockups on 0.0 with >4 meg, but with 0.1 and 16 meg they are fairly infrequent. I suspect >there is still some memory leakage happening. >-- >-- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. >"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolph Hitler (1889-1945) Ok, i forgot to indicate what my system was like: 486/33, 24MB memory Pro-Designer Vga 200MB IDE disk Drive 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppies 3 serial (internal modem at Com3 from dos days)/parallel WD8013 Ethernet >From what i have been able to determine is that when install is run, files are copied to the hard disk, until the kernal is copied at which time the system locks up. I have tried the new dist.fs with no avail. I have setup the whole disk for BSD. Also, have disabled shadow ram, no help. jeff lang jlang@space.link.com