Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:48:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Lynch <lynch@bsdunix.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>, Walter Campbell <wcampbel@botbay.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange reboots Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910080947230.947-100000@bytor.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991005000224.04249100@localhost>
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WOw, didn;t know this, that explains the crashes on my machine... I'll have to compile another kernel and reboot. -Pat ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net lynch@bsdunix.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > Usually, this is due to hardware, but sometimes it isn't. I discovered, > by accident, that failing to compile FreeBSD 2.2.7 or 2.2.8 with > the ATAPI_STATIC option would cause random reboots on some of our > systems. Probably a timing problem in the disk code. Never found out > what the race condition was, but did solve the problem by compiling > the kernel with different options. > > --Brett > > At 03:51 PM 10/4/99 -0500, Kris Kirby wrote: > > >Walter Campbell wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Andreas Berg wrote: > > > > > > > I recently installed FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE (990926-snapshot). The reason I > > > > upgraded was that my old 3.2-STABLE got unstable and rebooted a little now > > > > and then, just like it felt like it. Now, a couple of hours after the > > > > installation of 3.3-STABLE, I get the same strange phenomenon, the box just > > > > reboots. > > > > > > > I've had the same problems...all due to hardware. Machine would randomly > > > reboot about once a week, then once every two days or so, finally once a > > > day. Tried upgrading hte software, checked for possible heat problems, > > > checked the RAM, all fine...Disabled the L2 cache, haven't had a single > > > problem since (unless you count the machine room getting flooded by > > > Hurricane Floyd). Most unusual things can be traced down to hardware > > > problems. > > > >Ah, now that's a great way to get replacement parts / better equipment. > >But how to get the firehose into the machine room.... > > > >-- > >Kris Kirby > ><kris@airnet.net> > >------------------------------------------- > >TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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