From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 3 9:44:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1F2151B5 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:44:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA73915; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:44:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <044401bf5612$2ceb9560$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Evren Yurtesen" , References: <19991231211409.5677.qmail@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: RE:(2) segmentation fault at boot! URGENT Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:44:25 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, I had a problem like that once, it was my ethernet card (3Com) the one that failed, and when going from single-user mode to multi-user mode, it crashed the system, try replacing your card with another one, or taking it out of the system. Good Luck... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Evren Yurtesen To: ; ; Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 3:14 PM Subject: RE:(2) segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > look, I could open the machine with GENERIC kernel in single user mode > and it was not passing to multiuser mode! but I manually executed rc > files and now everything seems to work fine. So the problem is somewhere > between singleuser mode to multiuser mode... > So there is some software failing but I do not know what it is and how I can > detect it? > > Evren > > > >From: "Alejandro Ramirez" > >To: "Evren Yurtesen" , > > > >Subject: RE: segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > >Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:49:27 -0600 > > > > > Well, the disk is working fine... > > > We just put the scsi card to another machine and now > > > mounted the partitions to that machine... > > > Is it possible to that the scsi card is faulty? > > > >Everything its possible, but like I told you If you change the SCSI card & > >disks to another computer and it also fails, then your card its definitely > >the faulty one, but if the other computer doesnt fail at all, then you have > >a bigger problem with the other computer, I would check first the Fan in > >the > >CPU (for avoiding overheating), then NIC (my server crashed each time when > >I > >was booting into multi-user mode when my 3com card failed completely), then > >Memory (swapping with another one), CPU & Mother Board finally. > > > >P.S. It could be also the slot where you are installing the card. > > > >Good Luck... > >Ales > > > > > > > Evren > > > > > > >From: "Alejandro Ramirez" > > > >To: "Evren Yurtesen" , > > > > > > > >Subject: RE: segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > > > >Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:52:48 -0600 > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > If you change the SCSI card & disks to another computer, and that > > > >computer failed the same way, then I almost sure that your SCSI card > >could > > > >be the faulty one. > > > > > > > >Good Luck... > > > >Ales > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: Evren Yurtesen > > > >To: ; > > > >Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 11:44 AM > > > >Subject: RE: segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, we already tried to put the scsi card and hard drive to > >another > > > > > machine. It did not help! > > > > > > > > > > Evren > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Alejandro Ramirez" > > > > > >To: "Evren Yurtesen" , > > > > > > > > > > > >Subject: RE: segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > > > > > >Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:03:22 -0600 > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > Faulty hardware (Mem or NICs most probably coul be worst). > > > > > > > > > > > >Good Luck... > > > > > >Ales > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >From: Evren Yurtesen > > > > > >To: > > > > > >Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 10:01 AM > > > > > >Subject: segmentation fault at boot! URGENT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A few minutes ago my friend called and he told that he was > >taking > > > > > > > backup and then machine crashed. Then when he booted the machine > > > > > > > right after finding the hard drives. The machine was giving > > > >segmentation > > > > > > > fault. (I think after writing 'changing root device to...') We > >tried > > > >to > > > > > >boot > > > > > > > with GENERIC kernel and old kernels. We > > > > > > > got the same fault again and again. But the machine is getting > > > > > > > opened in single user mode. Even we issue boot -s at the boot > >time > > > > > > > the machine is giving segmentation fault warning and then > >getting > > > >opened > > > > > >in > > > > > > > single user mode. If we exit the single user mode we get the > > > > > > > same segmentation fault error and machine crashes completely. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What can be the cause? We were using 3.3-STABLE. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message