Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:14:27 -0400 From: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> To: "'Andy Christianson'" <achristianson@orases.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Console Random Text Message-ID: <060501c88bca$d6cbbc30$6900a8c0@tamouh> In-Reply-To: <776B93361B7BEE4FAD9E720FFBC746B6BDDB74@34093-EVS4C2.exchange.rackspace.com> References: <776B93361B7BEE4FAD9E720FFBC746B6BDDB74@34093-EVS4C2.exchange.rackspace.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Andy Christianson > Sent: March 21, 2008 7:28 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Console Random Text > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am having a very strange problem. My sever stopped > responding in SSH. > At the time, > > a co-worker said he was importing a MySQL database from a USB > drive mounted as ext2fs. > > > > I went back to check on the console, and it was scrolling > *EXTREMELY* quickly with > > apparently random text (it could have said something, but it > was too fast to read). > > > > I could not switch to another virtual console. It would not > respond to any keyboard input. > > > > Oddly enough, the machine was still responding to ICMP. > > > > Does anyone have ANY clues as to what this could be? This is > a server that an entire > > Company runs on, so it's really important that I find out > what is causing this. > > > > > -Andy > If it looks like it is online, but no services respond then it could be a bad backplane or corrupted RAID. From personal experience. Tamouh
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