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Subject: how to debug a lock-up?
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hi

two nights in a row now at different times one of my servers has locked
up at different times (6:00AM, 3:40AM). No access is available even to
keyboard, the machine does not ping. nothing unusual or special shows up
in messages or dmesg. i have to hard-boot it.
where do i start in debugging this problem?

thanks!

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