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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 1998 22:53:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote power cycle 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980107225104.13201A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199801080135.RAA18602@implode.root.com>

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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, David Greenman wrote:

> >I'm also using the serial console to monitor machines, and remotely reboot
> >them when necessary. (I'm working on using X10 stuff to actually cycle power
> >for  me)
> >
> >However, for now, even when the serial console is still running, but the
> >machine is  mostly dead, I can never get reboot to work... It tells me some
> >processess would not die, ps axl advised - then it locks up.
> 
>    That's very strange and not a problem that I've seen.

I've seen it, and more than once.  It was the result of a hard drive
(scsi) running too hot, and getting very close to quitting.  Guess it
did quit!  But not permanently.

	Annelise 
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 




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