Re: errors during buildworld

Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-Oct-09 14:03:04 +1300, Mark Kirkwood wrote:

> 
> Cooling isn't the only hardware problem.  Marginal PSUs or marginal
> electros on the motherboard are also quite common - especially if
> the hardware is getting old.  Electrolytic capacitors have a finite
> life and this is shortened by heat and high ripple currents - both
> of which are common in computers.
> 

To try to nail this down, I reinstalled BETA3 (which had previously 
never had this problem) and performed a buildworld. I am seeing internal 
errors there too now, so looks like you are correct (time to break out 
that spare motherboard).

Cheers

Mark