Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:04:45 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, dg@root.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with -current system grinding to a halt... Message-ID: <199608042234.IAA09424@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.960804150700.6237C-100000@quagmire.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Aug 4, 96 03:10:24 pm
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Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: > > > > I should have been clearer I guess; the 'w' freeze was coincidental - > > the system dies _consistently_ after about 18 hours of uptime, with no > > console messages. Regardless of whether I'm logged in or not, and > > apparently unrelated to any specific system activity. I say 'apparently' > > because it's not easy to see exactly what the system is doing. > > > > This sounds like the SCSI bus hangs I used to get with one of > my systems...where everything seemed to be running until you tried to > deal with somethin gthat had to go to the drive (ie. login, w, df, etc) > > When this happens, check your drive...does the hard drive light > come on and stay on? I can't tell. It's in Sweden and I'm not. 8( How did you eventually resolve your problem? > Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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