> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 03:26:10AM -0700, Shriram Shrikumar wrote: > > After running for a while the kernel crashes repeatedly. The > machine > > is usually not being used for anything except masquerading and it > is > > often not even being used for masquerading when it crashes. heres > a > > log entry at a crash point. > [snip] > > another process that i have seen crashed is fcheck. > > > > The machine is left on overnight and when i get up in the > morning, i > > am greeted with something like referenced invalid pointer in > virtual > > memory with an address of . > > > > If anyone has any tips on how to track this down, to whether it > is > > actually linux's fault somewhere or a hardware issue or > something, it > > would be greatly appreciated. The box was running redhat with > > kernel-2.4.4 before without the kernel crashing. > > Try copying that same redhat kernel to your system (or a floppy) > and > booting it. Maybe you compiled a kernel with cpu-specific > optimizations > turned on? It may overstress your hardware that otherwise works > fine > when running a generic x86 kernel. >
unfortunately, the redhat kernel is now spending its time in digital heaven. Installed debian after wiping redhat and windoze. will look into the CPU optimisations though thanx Shri __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
