> Ian Grant <Ian.Grant@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : ia64, 4 way SMP
> > Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux 2.4.3 SMP kernel
>
> Does anything else work for you on that box? I seem to recall that
> kernels before about 2.4.9 had serious SMP bugs.
No, not much that I've tried, but its owners don't seem to notice.
> > Running the same command again causes it to fail somewhere different, e.g.:
>
> In that case I don't think it's our bug. initdb is quite deterministic,
> at least when running on a deterministic platform ;-)
I didn't know this. I will try 2.4.9 and get back to you.
Many thanks,
Ian
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