> > > Has anyone had experience with the "Linux Sudden Death Syndrome?"
> > >
> > > We've had this problem from 1.1.13 all the way to 1.2.13. We've switched to
> > > various hardware, motherboards, etc. and the problem stays. It appears at
> > > this point to be a kernel problem.
> > Did you switch ethernet cards, specifically brands? I got sudden death
> > for a long while until I switched ethernet cards.
>
> Yes. Switched from an NE2000 to a WD8013 to a 3C509, had sudden death every
> time. And someone else has Linux Sudden Death with SMC Ultras. I seriously
> doubt it's the network card.
>
> -Dan
>
I also experience this problem, I believe the problem is due to how linux
handles its memory allocation. I tried 1.1.x, 1.2.x and 1.3.x, even
changing the hardware I still got the same result. When I tried to
unload some daemons that's when the problem vanished.
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