Re: 1.3.95 is not stable

Matti E Aarnio (mea@mea.cc.utu.fi)
Sun, 28 Apr 1996 15:48:15 +0300 (EET DST)


> I was able to duplicate this crash (with the same 1 bit error in the
> same place) in a variety of motherboard settings with the common
> element being enabled external caching. I'm now running (and have
> about 4 hours of stable uptime) with external caching disabled.
>
> Can these crashes be explained by bad external cache?

Yes. Years ago my first 386 machine developed a fault
at its cache system. Disabling the cache -- by pulling
out the chips -- did allow the machine to work.

> --
> steve@miranova.com baur

/Matti Aarnio <mea@utu.fi>