Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:50:26 -0500 From: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net> To: Jim Durham <durham@jcdurham.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Sudden Reboots Message-ID: <D018B8F5-141D-11D9-B008-0030657EDEB2@attglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <200410012023.04922.durham@jcdurham.com> References: <200409301003.00492.durham@jcdurham.com> <20041001223802.GA90717@xor.obsecurity.org> <200410012023.04922.durham@jcdurham.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Oct 1, 2004, at 7:23 PM, Jim Durham wrote: > These are very rare.... except they seem to happen about once a day > for a > while and then stop... very strange.. > >> and usually caused by hardware problems (e.g. faulty power supply, >> overheating CPU, bad RAM). > > Possible, but if so, the hardware fixed itself on the first two boxes I > mentioned. All of this can be bad, or not quite bad -- just not healthy -- hardware. Say a power supply that can't supply reliable +5, when the line voltage drops a tad while all the disks are being hammered. It can be a nightmare to figure out. Setup crash dumps, but also make sure that the UPS the box is attached to isn't having problems. If it's not on conditioned power, fix that.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?D018B8F5-141D-11D9-B008-0030657EDEB2>