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Aucbvax.5076 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Nov 10 05:03:41 1981 Request for information >From allegra!psuvax!boykin@Berkeley Tue Nov 10 04:28:12 1981 We have been having some hardware (?) problems with our VAX for quite some time. DEC has been in for as much as a week at a time with no success in finding the problem. Kernel Stack Pointer (KSP) invalids and CPU double-error halts have been our most prominent errors. The crashses have occured as frequently as every ten minutes. Each time DEC comes in the problem re-occurs once or twice, then vanishes for the next two weeks to two months. No one has yet been able to diagnose the problem.

I have two requests: Firstly, I would like to find out if anyone has been having serious, untraceable problems with their systems.

Secondly, if someone could supply me with an approximate number of systems currently running UNIX (in particular 4.xxBSD).

DEC has made an effort to find the problem, but of course is anxious to blame it on everything but their machine, especially on the UNIX kernel. I am hoping the information requested above will give us some ammunition to fight back with.

Joe Boykin Penn. State University Computer Science Dept. (allegra!psuvax!boykin)

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