Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:47:18 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Jeff Bethke <jeff@avondalenetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Box Mysteriously Rebooting? Message-ID: <4284DA16.5000302@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <4284D779.508@avondalenetworks.com> References: <428417C5.6080303@avondalenetworks.com> <42842FB1.4030205@gmail.com> <4284AE13.3090309@nativenerds.com> <4284D779.508@avondalenetworks.com>
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Jeff Bethke wrote: >I've read through archives and it seems that when the FreeBSD kernel >hits *any* kind of hardware fault.. it reboots! > Nonsense. If, for example, your memory was duff or overheating, and that caused a bad dereference in kernel code, then it might, quite understandably, cause a reboot. Probably there are other scenarios as well, but it is just daft to say that any hardware problem inevitably causes reboot. You are clearly frustrated by the problem, but lashing out with wild generalisations isn't going to help your cause any. Last year I had a memory stick go a bit duff. Windows rebooted all the time whereas freebsd noticed the problem, and stopped using the bad section of memory, thus keeping me working and earning until more memory arrived in the post. --Alex
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