Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:10:16 -0600 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself?! Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030324140844.01badf98@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <BAA49A98.4698%ukla@attbi.com>
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Don't rule out hardware just because it is new... I've had plenty of new hardware fail on me within the first 24 hours of operation, and the symptoms can be rebooting or shutting down completely. What do the log files in /var/log/ say? At 11:20 AM 3/24/2003 -0800, you wrote: >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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