From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 4 22:27:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from pop3-3.enteract.com (pop3-3.enteract.com [207.229.143.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69E2D1528E for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 22:27:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 66668 invoked from network); 5 Oct 1999 05:27:43 -0000 Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (dscheidt@207.229.143.41) by pop3-3.enteract.com with SMTP; 5 Oct 1999 05:27:43 -0000 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 00:27:43 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt To: Kris Kirby Cc: Walter Campbell , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange reboots In-Reply-To: <37F9135B.9DEDB85@airnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Kris Kirby wrote: > > I've had the same problems...all due to hardware. Machine would randomly > > reboot about once a week, then once every two days or so, finally once a > > day. Tried upgrading hte software, checked for possible heat problems, > > checked the RAM, all fine...Disabled the L2 cache, haven't had a single > > problem since (unless you count the machine room getting flooded by > > Hurricane Floyd). Most unusual things can be traced down to hardware > > problems. > > Ah, now that's a great way to get replacement parts / better equipment. > But how to get the firehose into the machine room.... Don't joke. AT&T wireless found fish in some other equipment after floyd. David scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message