Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:58:34 +0000 From: robert <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: BSD Guy <freebsdguy06@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting and crashes on dell server Message-ID: <1141387114.9906.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <44082A9E.80601@dial.pipex.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEHLFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <44082A9E.80601@dial.pipex.com>
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On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 11:38 +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > >You need to load an OS supported by Dell - ie: Windows - > >on this system first and run some stress-testers on it and > >see if it locks up. If it does not then try Linux and if that > >works, you either use Linux or call Dell and tell them to make it > >work with FreeBSD or your going to return the server to Dell. > >You have 30 days from date of purchase to do this per UCC. > > > > > >> > >>Tired of messing with it, I bought a new dell > >>poweredge 2650, with scsi raid, a couple gigs of ram, > >>duals, and just a new system, configured it, copied > >>user data over and switched to it. Sure enough still > >>the worst stability I've ever seen. It has dual power > >>supplies, each in a different UPS. I don't believe > >>power is the problem or I'd see similar problems on > >>the other server or router I have plugged in there. I > >>even upgraded to 6.0-Release-p1 but no luck. > >> > >> > Well, we run some 2850's which may or may not be similar and they run > fine. Random reboots sounds like hardware. Our Dell's came with > bootable diagnostics on the first disk slice (F1 at boot time) so if you > didn't scrub them I would suggest booting them. If you did scrub them > then I would call Dell, but as Ted says, they may bitch and moan that > they don't support FreeBSD. > > --Alex For what it's worth, I have a PowerEdge 1650 - twin cpu's 1 Gbyte redundant psu's twin 36GByte Scsi disks (software raid) etc which is steady as a rock running 6.0 P4. The only problem is the fan noise! Rob
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