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From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: System crashes, asks for kickstart!
Message-ID: <6408@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 13 Dec 88 03:06:08 GMT
References: <54@ssibbs.UUCP>
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Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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in article <54@ssibbs.UUCP>, jac@ssibbs.UUCP (James Crotinger) says:
> I'd like to add my name to the list of people who have had my A1000
> reboot to kickstart since installing 1.3. I have two A1000s, both
> with expanded memory. Up until I got 1.3, I had only seen these machines
> reboot to kickstart a couple of times. Since getting 1.3 it has happened
> several times. In fact, at one point I had a repeatable interaction
> between Mach II and ConMan that would crash the machine to kickstart
> everytime I hit F6. I traced it down to a bad Mach.config file.
> Unfortunately I didn't have sense to save the file, being overjoyed
> at finally finding out what was wrong with my machine. 

Note that Mach II has a major bug where it is not properly closing
some device or message port... it "loses" memory. Try it yourself --
type "avail", pop the Mach II window up, do something, pop it back,
type "avail" again... and presto, instant memory gone. At least, I
think that was how I did it... I don't happen to have a copy of Mach
II anymore, I deleted it as soon as I found that particular instance
of brain-damage (yeah, I've had it happen to my own programs in the
past.... but at least I checked AVAIL before & after to CHECK, &
fixed it).

I, too, have had an A-1000 reset that went back to Kickstart (and I'm
still using 1.2 Kickstart, although I've upgraded to 1.3 Workbench). I
think I traced it down to my RAM card, a PP&S MegaBoard 2. Since I
cleaned the expansion slot "fingers", removed my Megaboard from its
case, and shoved it more firmly into the slot, I haven't had it happen
(fingers crossed :-}).

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