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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Help: 2.0.5 died. (Sig 11 on login)
References: <MATHEZER.95Nov29084849@feisal.newera.ab.ca>
Organization: Mordor International
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:08:10 GMT
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Stephen Mathezer (mathezer@newera.ab.ca) wrote:

: I have a 2.0.5 machine that has been running for quite awhile with no
: problems.  It crashed the other day (I don't know how, somebody else did
: it and can't tell me anything about what messages they saw) and now
: whenever it comes up, login will die with a sig 11 and sometimes cron will
: as well while I am trying to log in. 

: I can boot single user no problem but I don't really know what to do at 
: that point.  I did try a different kernel on the off chance it got hosed 
: but that didn't change anything.  

: There is nothing terribly special about the machine.  486 33, 3c509, one 
: IDE controller with one hd.

: Any hints as to how I might salvage this thing without re-installing?

According to the FAQ on http://www.freebsd.org/, a sig 11 is often
a sign of hardware problems.

Regards,

Chris


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