On 6 Nov 2002, Al-Afu wrote: > Dear All, > > As per the subject line, I have been experiencing this for the past two > weeks now. > > References: > >http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=222082+0+archive/2002/freebsd-stable/20021027.freebsd-stable > >http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=630174+0+archive/2002/freebsd-stable/20021020.freebsd-stable > > Symptoms: > When I transfer a large file across the network, either via SMB or scp, > my 4.7-RELEASE will initiate a transfer for around a minute, then > everything will cease. System will crash leaving no core dumps for me to > submit a backtrace. I even have a 700MB file handy whenever I feel the > mood to crash my 4.7-RELEASE. > ... > NOTE: I am ruling out faulty hardware since I dont get this behaviour if > I re-boot with 4.6.2-RELEASE kernel.
What hardware devices do you have on your system? In particular, the fxp driver in 4.7 for the Intel Fast Ethernet interface may cause crashes. A fix for this problem is being worked on... Guy -- Guy Helmer, Ph.D. http://www.palisadesys.com/~ghelmer Sr. Software Engineer, Palisade Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In this place it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." -- Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
