On 2024-05-10, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 08:48:56AM +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: >> Missing from the FAQ is IMO step 0: Run memtest over night to rule out >> hard to debug hardware problems. It won't catch everything of course, >> but it usually finds RAM issues which is its main job. > > That is a very valid point. > > Bad RAM could very well be the cause of the problems described. And on > a side note, given that the memory allocation in OpenBSD is different than > what some other systems do, it is not unlikely that other systems never > or only rarely would hit the failing memory location while OpenBSD would, > more often.
Yet it was able to do an install and relink the kernel while in the installer. Also IME memory-related problems are more likely to result in crashes rather than the machine shutting down. This doesn't completely rule out memory problems, but it's more likely to result from a difference between RAMDISK and GENERIC.MP kernels. First things first, Daniel: - if you used i386, try amd64 instead. - if you configured to run X in the installer, try without that. - try going back a release or two, is there any difference? -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
