Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:42:42 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: low-level format before install? Message-ID: <20090407204242.GD62574@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3A934D4A-1864-401C-8CD8-86B37EB2B183@identry.com> References: <13D52068-D184-42D9-AE6C-F095C1283975@identry.com> <E51B1324-35C0-41D1-AFF9-4E7E957B2D29@mac.com> <3A934D4A-1864-401C-8CD8-86B37EB2B183@identry.com>
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--1sNVjLsmu1MXqwQ/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:44:20PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: > Apparently, power was fluctuating drastically before they decided to =20 > cut power, so a hardware problem is a definite possibility. A PSU =20 > failure would not surprise me in the circumstances. >=20 > Assuming I can ever ssh in again, what log would hardware failures be =20 > reported to? Often hardware problems can lock up or reboot the machine without any warning in the logs. :-( It is next to impossible for PC class hardware to catch hardware failures. But sysutils/healthd or sysutils/mbmon might help in that they monitor vital motherboard parameters, which can then be logged.=20 Some systems log thermal events through the ACPI system or via the coretemp driver, in which case devd(8) should get them. See devd.conf(5) in a recent 7-STABLE, this manpage was recently enhanced by yours truly. Big programs like compilers randomly dying with a signal 11 (SIGSEGV, segmentation violation) can be a sign of memory problems. If someone has access to the machine, have them make sure there are no loose connectors and that any expansion cards are properly seated. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --1sNVjLsmu1MXqwQ/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknbusIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXRgACeJl5NtDKuHkNkea+L2AqjR1Wi yUIAnRWHJOPTjkWptMvoJ1wX/CcjX2S8 =+739 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1sNVjLsmu1MXqwQ/--
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