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From: davidg@uns-helios.nevada.edu (Davig Gonzales)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Bell Tech Woes
Keywords: 386, Bell Tech
Message-ID: <959@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU>
Date: 27 Oct 89 01:04:27 GMT
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Reply-To: davidg@uns-helios.uucp (Davig Gonzales)
Organization: Univ of Nevada System Computing Services - Las Vegas
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hi,

	I recently installed an older verion of UNIX System V (Bell Tech System
V Release 3.0) on my newly purchased 386 with the following result:

	1. Every once in a while the system would crash without any reason.

It seems to crash right after accessing the hard disk. Twice it has crashed 
while attempting to compile a C program (gave some error while in the assembly
phase of the compile). Am I running into a hard disk controller program? My
configuration is as follows:

	20-MHz AMI 386 (64K Cache)
	2 Mb's 32-bit RAM
	Expert Hard Disk/Floppy Controller (WA2-compatible)
	Seagate 4096 80-Mb Hard Disk
	1.2-Mb 5-1/4" Floppy
	Monochrome Monitor + card (w/parallel port)
	Serial Port Card (2 ports supported, 1 currently installed)

	Bell Tech System V Release 3.0 (1-2 user license)

Am I in need to a different controller (what type would you recommend) or do I
need to upgrade to the latest release of system v?

thanx,

David A. Gonzales
davidg@uns-helios.NEVADA

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