Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:44:47 -0700 From: Jamie Rishaw <jamie@dilbert.exodus.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: jamie@exodus.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Catching the culprit (reboot problems) 3.3 Message-ID: <19990922094447.A15382@dilbert.exodus.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909220905000.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:06:13AM -0700 References: <19990921234918.A14291@dilbert.exodus.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909220905000.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:06:13AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Jamie Rishaw wrote: > > > /dev/da0s1f 762223 5482 695764 1% /var > > real memory = 536870912 (524288K bytes) > > avail memory = 519012352 (506848K bytes) > > > > swapinfo: > > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type > > /dev/da0s1b 524288 0 524160 0% Interleaved > > > > i dumpon /dev/da0s1b'd. > > > > So, ya, should be enuff.? > > no, somewhere in the handbook (or somewhere) it explains that > you need _a bit_ more swap than ram, why didn't you follow the > rule of thumb? (swap = 2x mem?) > > -Alfred > I figured, OK, if I actually use so much ram that I use a gig of ram+swap.. then there's something else going on :) > > > > > On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 11:17:01PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Jamie Rishaw wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > > > > > > > First off, sorry for any duplicates. Seems hub.freebsd.org > > > > doesnt like my other box. :) > > > > > > > > Anyhow.. > > > > > > > > I have a fbsd 3.3 sys, dual p3/500, 512m, and a scsi stripe with > > > > vinum(100g). > > > > > > > > It seems the box likes to crash and reboot every once in a while (daily), > > > > but I cant seem to find anywhere (messages, syslog) what is causing the reboots. > > > > > > > > I tried turning on crashdump with dumpon, to no avail. Nothing in /var/crash > > > > or /. > > > > > > hmmm, are you sure /var/crash has enough space to hold the core image? > > > > > > afaik, it has to have at least X-MB of space where X is your system's > > > total memory. > > > > > > -Alfred > > > > -- > > jamie rishaw (efnet:gavroche) -- Exodus Communications, Inc. > > Senior Network Engineer, Los Angeles / SoCal Data Centers > > -- jamie rishaw (efnet:gavroche) -- Exodus Communications, Inc. Senior Network Engineer, Los Angeles / SoCal Data Centers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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