From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 3 11:58:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 EB4A216A420 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:58:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC6E43D53 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:58:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 22598 invoked by uid 510); 3 Mar 2006 12:01:55 +0000 Received: from 192.168.0.108 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1261. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(192.168.0.108):SA:0(-3.8/5.0):. Processed in 1.287558 secs); 03 Mar 2006 12:01:55 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.8 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(192.168.0.108):SA:0(-3.8/5.0):. Processed in 1.287558 secs Process 22591) Received: from usr002 (HELO ?192.168.123.199?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@192.168.0.108) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 3 Mar 2006 12:01:54 +0000 From: robert To: BSD Guy In-Reply-To: <44082A9E.80601@dial.pipex.com> References: <44082A9E.80601@dial.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:58:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1141387114.9906.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting and crashes on dell server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:58:47 -0000 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