Filip Lenaerts wrote:
> > hi all, > > tnx very much for reply, kris, stefan and thomas. i was also > thinking/fearing for a hardware error. the reason why i didn't > investigate sooner is that over the past two years i was running > 5.0-RC2 and after that followed current. i always assumed that that > could be the reason, but when i reverted a month ago to 5.4-RELEASE > and now RELENG_5_4 aka stable, the problem stayed ... plus my kernel > debugging skills are very limited - hence learned again :) > > so HW failure. now the only thing to do is convince our IT dep that > it is broken and ask a new one. the problem is that they only support > windows and they go frantic when they see linux, let alone BSD :) so > the probably want to put the blame on the OS iso the HW. wish me luck :) > > tnx again guys! > > filip > Get a copy of memtest86 (see http://www.memtest86.com/ for a bootable ISO) - it'sd a stand along memory diagnostic that ahppens to put a reasonable load on the cpu too - with some luck it will show up the problem and they won't be able to blame BSD (plus it's a good tool to have anyway). John _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
