From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 7 19:53:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A044910656D5 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453D38FC0C for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay13.apple.com (relay13.apple.com [17.128.113.29]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B015DF80F3; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay13.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay13.apple.com (Symantec Brightmail Gateway) with ESMTP id 0F5D2280B3; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:46:35 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 1180711d-abefbbb000000259-94-49dbad9ad718 Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.227.140.124]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay13.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id E94FF280A3; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:46:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <8A4AF434-2F31-4664-8408-AAA7FDD61B4A@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: John Almberg In-Reply-To: <3A934D4A-1864-401C-8CD8-86B37EB2B183@identry.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:46:34 -0700 References: <13D52068-D184-42D9-AE6C-F095C1283975@identry.com> <3A934D4A-1864-401C-8CD8-86B37EB2B183@identry.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: low-level format before install? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:53:04 -0000 On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:44 PM, John Almberg wrote: >> That sounds like either a hardware problem (ie CPU overheating or >> marginal PSU failing under production load), or less likely, some >> kind of software misconfiguration. System logs would be useful to >> see whether any signs of trouble are being mentioned. > > Apparently, power was fluctuating drastically before they decided to > cut power, so a hardware problem is a definite possibility. A PSU > failure would not surprise me in the circumstances. > > Assuming I can ever ssh in again, what log would hardware failures > be reported to? Start with /var/log/messages and output of "dmesg" command. Doing an "ls -ltr /var/log" and looking at others which have changed recently would also be advisable... Regards, -- -Chuck