From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 13 18:33:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D281065674 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:33:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5C48FC1D for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3DIWra4016028; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n3DIWqVJ016025; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: John Almberg In-Reply-To: <648C2025-CD72-4BA1-8D5D-48D4CC781250@identry.com> Message-ID: References: <648C2025-CD72-4BA1-8D5D-48D4CC781250@identry.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to diagnose hardware problem? 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: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:33:16 -0000 > > The database ran well for about 2 minutes, then the server crashed again. The > filesystem was again corrupted so badly that we could not even log in to look > at the logs. did memtest? it looks like it's fine until you stress your hardware > > We've reinstalled FreeBSD again, just to be able to SSH into the box. It > looks like there is probably a hardware problem, like a bad power supply or > overheating CPU that fails when the load of the database is applied. > > Problem is, I have no idea how to determine which bits are failing. Can > anyone suggest a favorite book or website that focuses on how to troubleshoot > hardware issues? > > Thanks: John > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >