RE: General Protection Fault-I forgot

[Brian Patterson <BrianPatterson affina com>]

Since I don't really care for Windows I'd be inclined to say that it doesn't
suprise me that Windows would work on a PC with a bad processor BUT - my PC
didn't run Windows 95 either.  It would occasionally lock up.  NT on that
same machine would not load at all.  I'd say you are correct in assuming the
problem lies elsewhere.  Just curious but what type of PC is it?  CPU and
motherboard?


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bradley D. Johnson [SMTP:johnson mail coastal udel edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:07 AM
> To:	'redhat-install-list redhat com'
> Subject:	RE: General Protection Fault-I forgot
> 
> 
> Well, I also had the sense that this seemed like a serious hardware
> problem; but doesn't the fact that the computer works well when running
> Windows almost discount this possibility?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Brian Patterson wrote:
> 
> > I had a similar problem on a PC that used a AMD processor.  I eventually
> > upgraded the processor on the machine and the problem went away.  I
> always
> > assumed it was a bad CPU.
> > 
> > - Brian Patterson
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Bradley D. Johnson [SMTP:johnson mail coastal udel edu]
> > > Sent:	Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:51 AM
> > > To:	redhat-install-list redhat com
> > > Subject:	General Protection Fault-I forgot
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I forgot to mention that it does not seems to matter what we do with
> the
> > > computer in the short time that it stays alive.  For instance, if we
> boot
> > > and let the computer sit at the text login screen, it will crash in
> 6-15
> > > minutes.
> > > 
> > > Also, we disables APM in the BIOS--to no avail.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Brad
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Bradley D. Johnson wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi All:
> > > > 
> > > > My friend and I are having some trouble with a Redhat 6.1 install.
> > > > Between us we have only done about five installations--so we are
> > > relative
> > > > newbies.
> > > > 
> > > > Heres the computer:
> > > > PII with a 266 processor,  128 Megs of RAM, two 10 Gig drives.
> > > > 
> > > > The problem:
> > > > After booting, the computer seems to work well (including X11); but
> it
> > > > only works for a short time before it crashes with a General
> Protection
> > > > Fault. Naturally the system locks up and a hard reboot is necessary
> > > then.
> > > > We timed the occurrence of this crash, and it happens between 6
> minutes
> > > and
> > > > 15 minutes after booting.
> > > > 
> > > > We tried:
> > > > We disabled gpm.  We removed one 64 Meg SIMM(we wondered if it might
> be
> > > > flaky).
> > > > 
> > > > Unfortunately, the computer will not stay alive long enough for us
> to
> > > copy
> > > > the screens of garbage that occur with the crash.  The beginning of
> the
> > > > mesage reads,'general protection fault :6cb4.'
> > > > 
> > > > I am at a loss here, and we would greatly appreciate any
> suggestions.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Brad
> > > > 
> > > >
> > >
> __________________________________________________________________________
> > > > Bradley D. Johnson			Center for Applied 
> > > > johnson coastal udel edu		 Coastal Research
> > > > http://www.coastal.udel.edu/~johnson/
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