Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 1997 01:04:26 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jon Lewis <> | Subject | Re: NMI errors in 2.0.30??, High Availability-Linux |
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On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:
> Something like that. I've started getting SIGNAL 7 from GCC since > upgrading to 2.0.30. This happens when I stress test the machine. > (4 concurrent kernel builds with -j8) I'm not getting any NMIs - just > SIGNAL 7. I've also gotten a few "Couldn't get a free page." Could that > have anything to do with it?
The free page stuff just means a process wanted memory and couldn't get it...perhaps swapping was not an option at that instant. Tune /proc/sys/vm/freepages, and try again.
> Supermicro P6DNE, 2x200 > 64MB Parity EDO (ECC turned on in BIOS)
I thought you had to have parity RAM to use ECC in the Tyan's? AFAIK, parity EDO RAM is pretty rare. Have I wasted money and sacrificed performance by buying x36 true parity RAM rather than the more common x32 EDO?
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