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Old 7th June 2013
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Originally Posted by Martillo View Post
Sometimes when I am downloading a large .iso file (hundreds or few thousands of MB) through ftp from a local NAS, the system freezes. X freezes, CPU fan goes a little higher and I cannot recover the system, so a hard button reset is needed. I tried to write blindly boot sync just in case, but to no avail.

It happens either using ftp from shell or through Konqueror (I have not tried anything else for these seem quite different tests).
I do recall some traffic on misc@ many years ago where somewhat similar claims were being made, but these discussions have subsided for quite some time now. As an example, the most recent mention I can find in the misc@ archives is over a year ago:

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=133657680618500&w=2

...but as jggimi has already mentioned, there is simply too little information provided here for us to give anything more than general comments at this point. My suggestion to Martillo is to attempt to isolate a more substantial test case & submit a problem report. Be aware that the first question the project developers will ask is whether this problem still manifests itself in -current. Testing whatever you discern in -current will likely also receive faster attention. Likewise, recognize that your goal is to provide a repeatable test case. Anything less is frankly insufficient.

Lastly, information on submitting problem reports can be found at the following:

http://www.openbsd.org/report.html

Last edited by ocicat; 7th June 2013 at 05:31 AM. Reason: clarity
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