\begin{Matthew Dalton}
> Alex JuniorBurger wrote:
> > I have a 486 that was to be set up as a gateway,
> > however some strange crashes and suggestions have led
> > me to believe that the memory (physical RAM and/or
> > swap) may be corrupt.
> Also make sure that your 486's power supply fan is still going. I've got
> a 486 at home that started crashing every 5 minutes... at first I
> thought it was DLL Hell (yes it has Win95 on it), but reinstalling
> windows didn't help. Reaching behind the box uncovered the problem --
> there was no air coming out!
> ps. A question to all OT post bashers: Is my post above offtopic for
> SLUG? Justify your answer.
(by my reasoning - and the logic i tried to put in the draft "rationale")
the original post is appropriate as it is a technical question related
to installing linux. your reply ("check the power supply") added
something valuable to the discussion, hence it too is appropriate. the
fact you mentioned win95 was unnecessary but harmless.
and by the "leniency clause" (aka "lets all be friendly, ok?"), the
fact you were unsure meant it was ok ;)
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