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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!ctoriger From: ctoriger@starbase.neosoft.com (Chris Origer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: compiling on 2.0.5/950622-SNAP reboots my pc Date: 7 Jul 1995 21:16:20 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 968 5800 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3tk874$c7j@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <3tiflh$ra2@uuneo.neosoft.com> <3tj5nv$qrq@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@bonnie.heep.sax.de) wrote: : Chris Origer <ctoriger@starbase.neosoft.com> wrote: : >Hi, I'd like to check freeBSD out (I've linux too) and got the bin and : >kernel dists installed fine. My problem though is that any time I try to : >compile something (both as root and a regular user) the machine will just : >reboot. I can't even recompile the kernel. I've disable all drivers that : >I don't need on the boot.flp and yet this still happens. A conflict I guess? : >Has any one else had this problem? My machine has the following: : Perhaps a cache problem? Try making it write-back if you can. I totally disabled it, same problem. <: >All this works perfectly while linux is booted. And I went more <conservative <: >with my bios settings too (thinking it was a timing problem). : I've heard that Liux silently disables the cache on known-to-be : broken mainboards. Not sure. Don't think this is the problem. Even with the cache disabled the machine will still reboot. I was hoping maybe it was the soundcard, nope. My setup works perfectly under Linux (and dos for that matter). Everything has been deconflicted. This is really strange. Any troubleshooting tips? As I'm not that familiar with FreeBSD yet. Thanks. Chris