Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:23:00 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Vishwas <vtp@PKI.ecom.tifr.res.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: my FreeBSD-4.5 gets rebooted everyday at 3:03am !! Message-ID: <3CD675A4.50403@potentialtech.com> References: <20020506141312.A27813-100000@PKI.ecom.tifr.res.in>
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Vishwas wrote: > Hello All: > My FreeBSD-4.5 reboots automatically everynight at 3:03. I have > checked the cron entries. I haven't done any modifications to the system > after installation. > > Am I the one who has been singled out by FreeBSD or someone else is also > there ? :-)) This comes up every so often. 3:00AM is when certain system maintenance tools run, and this is likely causing your problem. First thing to do is to disable the daily run in /etc/crontab and see if the problem goes away. If it does, you've found the culpret and the solution is a little more involved. Hopefully you can afford some testing time on the machine. The first thing to do is to cvsup and update your system to the latest stable, in case it's a problem that's already been fixed: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html Enable kernel crash dumps as described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html And analyze what's going on. If you don't understand kernel debugging, post the results of a gdb session to the list asking for advice. Michael Lucas wrote an excellent article on this for onlamp.com, I suggest you read that as well. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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