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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Hang up on heavy disk load (Re: Adaptec SCSI bug?) Message-ID: <BsIG6o.vs@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 5 Aug 92 12:32:48 GMT References: <1992Aug3.195717.26165@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug03.215241.24067@NeoSoft.com> <1992Aug4.214224.29021@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Lines: 21 In article <1992Aug4.214224.29021@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. > 486/33, 24MB memory I have found playing with a number of machines, that anything over 12 megs memory will cause the system to fail in various ways. I compiled the complete source tree with 8 and 12 megs memory and it would always crash with 16 megs. This is on various 33mhz 386's and 486's using different/no ethernet cards and either IDE or SCSI drives. The only common factor was 16 megs memory. I believe Bill mentioned early on there was a bug in the kernel for hi memory systems. -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us