Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:33:27 -0600 (MDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: The stability crisis |
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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> The machine is a Cyrix 6x86MX (no SMP) running RedHat 5.1 with most of the > packages at either 5.2 or 6.0 versions. MTRR is enabled in the kernel but > I haven't used it for anything yet so I would assume that it is not > causing problems. I don't run X. No quotas.
I had a machine with a cyrix 6x86 pr200+ in it. I could barely get a week uptime out of it without it crashing on 2.2.x kernels. However, the crashes occured in a pretty regular pattern. It happened during periods where the cpu had been been hammered on for several hours (0.50 load or above). The cyrix 6x86 series have a real problem with overheating. The set6x86 program is supposed to help keep the heat down, but when the load is high it does absolutely no good. I finally decided to just spend $50 and replace it with a 233 pentium MMX chip. Same hardware (other than cpu) , same kernel, haven't had a glitch in well over two weeks. Before assuming its kernel code, I'd check to make sure your processor isn't overheating. Put plenty of cpu grease between sink and processor, make sure its making good contact, etc.
> [aaronl@vitelus aaronl]$ gcc --version > egcs-2.91.66
You should probably be using gcc-2.7.2.3 .
-Donald Thompson
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