From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 24 09:42:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA28830 for current-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA28814 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:41:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA00407; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:41:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607241641.JAA00407@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Amir Y. Rosenblatt" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, amir@garpac.com Subject: Re: A new twist on the reboot problems In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 24 Jul 96 08:39:04 -0400. <199607241239.IAA00291@prozac.neuron.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:41:26 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Nope -- it's gone. Last night the thing started making those clicking >noises again and constantly rebooting. I took it down for a bit, brought >it up and it had trouble even getting sd0 to start up. The clicking >sounded like it could have been a breaker or something -- every time I >heard it, the disk would cut out for a few seconds and then start back up >again. All my errors have been on sd0 which leads me to believe that >either my power supply or that disk is hosed. I have a spare 'cuda on >hand which I'll be installing shortly to see if that's the problem. I would definitely say that it's either a dying power supply, or a dying hard drive (having trouble spinning up). Either way, I'm pretty positive you're seeing bad hardware somewhere if you're getting this many crashes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------