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Re: SS20 2.4 SMP, irregular boot freezes and swapon segfaults



On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 19:49:28 +0100
Emanuel Schmid <emanuel.schmid@grob.org> wrote:

> > > i know the problem... but nearly nothing more.
> > >
> > > only thing i've found out: with memory below about 80MB the system
> > > runs fine (or i just could not provoke the crash).
> > > can you test if your ss20 behaves the same?
> > 
> > I have 128-MB. I'll remove half of that and see how it behaves.
> 
> thanks.
>  
> > It's not an ovious crash though. It just freezes on startup after

I'd be suspicious of the Ross processors. 

I have an SS20 with dual SM81's and 192MB of RAM with (2) 2.5GB Seagate
7200RPM disks. No problem installing (after learning the "tell it it's
really a rescue boot" trick) with 2.2.20bf or upgrading to 2.2.20-smp.
It's solid as a rock
with no hangs.

Just another data point for comparison.

-- 
Bill Meahan  WA8TZG         wmeahan@wa8tzg.org
"Never ascribe to mailce what can be adequately explained 
   by stupidity."      -- Robert Heinlein



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