Re: Crash when executing "cat /dev/mem"

Jose,

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:32:06PM +0200, Jose A. Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> 	We're using linux kernel 2.4.18 (IA64 020508 patch) on RedHat 7.1,
> 	and we've found that when the command "cat /dev/mem > /dev/null" is
> 	used the server (HP Workstation i2000) crashes (no message is 
> 	displayed, it just freezes).
> 	
I can run the same command and my machine does not crash. I use the 
same kernel also with 7.1. My i2000 has 1GB of RAM and is 2-way running
an SMP kernel. Can you give more details about the kernel configuration
and the config of your machine?

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-Stephane