Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | The Killer Penguin is good (was Re: 1.3.95 is not stable) | From | Steven L Baur <> | Date | 06 May 1996 10:48:41 -0700 |
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>> On 26 Apr 1996, Steven L Baur wrote: sb> sb> I was able to duplicate this crash (with the same 1 bit error in the sb> same place) in a variety of motherboard settings with the common sb> element being enabled external caching. I'm now running (and have sb> about 4 hours of stable uptime) with external caching disabled. sb> sb> Can these crashes be explained by bad external cache?
Linus> _Anything_ can be explained by bad external caches ;-)
I've finished a crash-free, problem-free week (about 170 hours) since replacing the external cache :-), so I believe I will vote for flaky hardware on this. Both 1.3.97 and 1.3.98 have worked great for me on all the machines I've been testing them on.
-- steve@miranova.com baur Unsolicited commercial e-mail will be proofread for $250/hour. Andrea Seastrand: For your vote on the Telecom bill, I will vote for anyone except you in November.
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