From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 4 20:10:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from team7.cba.ualr.edu (team7.cba.ualr.edu [144.167.120.24]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D4684480 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:10:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from access74.mod1.ualr.edu (access74.mod1.ualr.edu [144.167.7.74]) by team7.cba.ualr.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA23498; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 22:10:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 22:11:47 -0600 (CST) From: Joe X-Sender: joe@njal.ualr.edu To: "Arthur M. Kang" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mysterious Kernel Panic In-Reply-To: <389B5B37.DB3B205B@levelogic.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Arthur M. Kang wrote: > I have setup a machine running FreeBSD 3.4 stable. I thought the > installation went fine, but after running for approximately 5 hours, the > machine mysteriously reboot itself. It has continued to reboot itself > for no apparent reason every 4-8 hours ever since. There are no error > messages left, no core files, etc... Can anyone give me any insight as > to what the possible problems/solutions could be or where I could start > looking. > > Thanks. > > Arthur If there are no error messages then it's not a kernel panic. My experiences with random reboots were usually the result of inadequate cooling. I would check to see if the cpu fan is working, plus make sure there is enough air flow. Cleaning out all the dust helps too. -Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message