Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:31:42 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself?! Message-ID: <200303242131.42852.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <BAA49A98.4698%ukla@attbi.com> References: <BAA49A98.4698%ukla@attbi.com>
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This is a wild guess, but it might be due to kernel panics related to write caching (which is on by default since 4.6) Such a panic will happen when ever heavy disc load occurs. Try setting hw.ata.wc="0" in /boot/loader.conf and see if the problem goes away. Will On Monday 24 March 2003 21:20, someone, possibly Steve Warwick, typed: > Hi All, > > Is it possible for FreeBSD to shut itself down and restart for no reason? > > My machine was restarted last night and my hosting company claims they > did not touch the server or have any problems. This has been going of for > a few months now -- intermittent restarts that no one claims > responsibility for. > > This is a new machine with the latest OS (4.7) so I can't blame a faulty > power supply or something like -- I have more fans than Britney in the > server, for HD and CPU so I don't think it's a temp problem. > > > Thoughts, suggestions? > > TIA > > > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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