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Date:      Sun, 28 Mar 1999 10:38:06 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net>, Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help! Crashing Every 2 Days!!
Message-ID:  <19990328103806.P53452@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261543250.10489-100000@techpower.net>; from hometeam on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 03:52:25PM -0500
References:  <19990326201242.18659.rocketmail@web114.yahoomail.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261543250.10489-100000@techpower.net>

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On Friday, 26 March 1999 at 15:52:25 -0500, hometeam wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Holtor wrote:
>
>> Hello, my server seems to be crashing or what I think
>> it is doing it crashing about every 2 days now.
>> I get this in /var/log/messages:
>> Mar 26 03:33:32 shell src/ircd[4486]: Server Ready
>> Mar 26 04:22:52 shell /kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-1999
>> Mar 26 04:22:52 shell /kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993

You should be getting more than that.

>> It just seems to have crashed, that ircd had nothing to
>> do with it, but i'm starting to think its not crashing
>> anymore. It can't be, anyone know what it could be?
>> I'm not on console, its a colocated server so it makes
>> it much tougher. I thought it was some kind of power
>> problem or someone is reseting it at their NOC, but
>> they have told me thats not the case. After it
>> comes back online though, I see this message in
>> /var/log/messages:
>> Mar 26 04:22:53 shell /kernel: WARNING: / was not properly dismounted
>>
>> Now..when it crashes does it properly dismount / or no?

No, it doesn't.  But that's the least of your problems.

>> I need any input i can get on this dreaded problem
>> asap!
>
> It doesn't properly dismount when the system crashes or if power is
> turned off.
> Have you added anything new to the system That might be causing this ?
>
> I would Enable the kernel debugger.
> There is also a remote to debug the kernel allthough it non-standard.

It's better to enable dumping as described in the handbook.  You need
a debug kernel to make any sense of it, however.

>> Do You Yahoo!?

No.  You'll have to reply from some other address.

Greg
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