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From: "Kelly Martin" <kellymartin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: recurring kernel panic
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On Nov 9, 2007 12:46 PM, Rob <bitabyss@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kelly Martin wrote:
> > I'm getting daily kernel panics. The server was running fine for about
> > a month, the only changes I've made recently have been to update all
> > my ports. It's running on older i386 hardware, no special devices
>
> Like the others said -- I'd seriously suspect hardware problems.  Memory is a good place to start.  Try MemTest:  http://www.memtest86.com/

Thanks to everyone for the help. It was indeed a hardware failure, a
power supply issue. With so many people using, looking at or working
on the FreeBSD kernel, I knew it had to be something other than just
my applications causing a kernel panic.

thanks,
kelly