Randall,
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Dan,
It seems most likely from this that the problem is in your file system.
When's the last time you ran CHKDSK? I seem to recall other reports that
were for some reason associated with accessing Cygwin's /etc. I cannot
explain this other than perhaps as simple coincidence.
Chkdsk was the first thing I tried (both on the Proliant and on the
Armadas). No difference, I'm afraid.
I'm not familiar with exactly how much memory protection is in place in
Windows 98. I'm under the impression that it's more than on Windows 95,
though it is not really a fully protected environment as exists on
Windows NT, 2K and XP. That means that it's conceivable that a putative
bug in Cygwin could trigger a BSOD under 95 or 98 that would knock down
only a single process under one of the other OS versions.
I'm running Win2k.
However, judging from the crash dump you supplied, if Cygwin is at
fault, it's rather indirect. When memory isn't protected, a symptom can
appear far separated in time from the actual software defect that caused
it.
Still, it is pretty unlikely that this is a Cygwin bug. If the problem
were in Cygwin, then probably others would have it, too.
I'm not saying it is a bug in Cygwin! It just seems quite likely to me
that Cygwin is trigging a bug in Windows when sysvinit is running (since
Cygwin always is involved when the bsod happens - and I haven't had any
crashes otherwise). This is of course guesswork on my part.
Check your disks, maybe update your drivers and try fully de-activating
any virus checkers or firewalls--they seem to be the worst culprits.
Although it seems unlikely for the symptoms you're reporting, video
drivers seem to be a weak spot in Windows and they seem to get updated
more than any other class of drivers. So much so that I check the Matrox
site monthly for driver updates.
I have never had any anti-virus software installed on any of the
machines bsoding. I've updated all the machines involved (including
drivers), even if it seems unlikely that the drivers are at fault (since
the proliant and armada use completely different sets of drivers).
Good luck.
Thanks!
/dan
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