From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 11:41:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE6116A4BF for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sentry.24cl.com (174.113.sn.ct.dsl.thebiz.net [216.238.113.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8042A43F75 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:41:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zlists@mgm51.com) Received: from ntmm (unknown [63.119.50.193]) by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D990929437 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:41:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <200308221441460215.01354723@sentry.24cl.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.00.1081 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (T) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:41:46 -0400 From: "MikeM" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: Something rotten in the OS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:41:48 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:41:48 -0000 On 8/22/03 at 10:13 AM Steve Warwick wrote: ... | |This is exactly the problem that occurred 6 months ago. That time I put it |down to lousy overheated hosting but now I don't have that excuse. | |Has anyone seen this before? | |Does FreeBSD have to be re-booted every month for safety? | |Should I give up and use Linux? ============= I can say based upon my experience that FreeBSD does not need to be rebooted each month. I'll also suggest that you need to provide some more specifics (OS version, hardware, etc.) before you can get the assistance you expect. Whether you should give up and use Linux is a question only you can answer.