From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 17:55:49 2008 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 374001065672 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alandgilmour@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78FF8FC21 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 17:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alandgilmour@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2856282fgb.35 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 10:55:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=mDl9vPcLUunb0KASyXaSuzT3ePlNrI6ieNPm7uN4HmI=; b=q3X4ArTaaR0EX1a0i6fAFbbhxqg3Bq2myIVlLnCx4sKlBNeYemnanCPkrUD59Gm7Y+7RCG6SB/jUfnPR47QjhI//ZjpElLK4dapqJ8qrFzgk9x4F/K79hbIjM3o/+Ds3frLRNmX7WYlOvzf/xkE4Tmc2U6EgD2Av768DmiERMPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=shiqQSO86dTw9ktPsky81nMQZ7Ke9EgIUmt0Wzba5/ldHiHmHsjJx51I+LrJTxWwhqPCoC3c4vorcWSyuFanJeSyH4UuLfNNXl2hZ+pW0LUr8iirBjF7symkv5nd54C5eTSPnD8kwqSTNOsHEEAe5ZsXLTD6fGo2oLl97VYlSWA= Received: by 10.78.199.8 with SMTP id w8mr2531797huf.30.1211306147276; Tue, 20 May 2008 10:55:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.133.19 with HTTP; Tue, 20 May 2008 10:55:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <38f284ee0805201055i3205da47jeb20a3b1bbfda64@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:55:47 +0100 From: "Alan Gilmour" To: "Tobias Hoellrich" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <38f284ee0805200717l7008e18fud9631bf80839ceb1@mail.gmail.com> <4832E6AF.8080100@supsi.ch> <38f284ee0805200808v2947fa20od00263f5440baac0@mail.gmail.com> <483300F7.1030204@supsi.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server crashing, no explanations 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: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:55:49 -0000 Hi Tobias, Yes the plan is the next time it crashes is to check BIOS, unfortunately I need to get hosts to do this as I can't physically access the machine at this point, but they have some KVM like switch attached to it. Cheers Alan On 20/05/2008, Tobias Hoellrich wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > > Roberto Nunnari > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:49 AM > > To: Alan Gilmour > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Server crashing, no explanations > > > > Then, if crash dumps are enabled, it could be a HW failure.. > > Once I had a server crashing with no dumps, and I found out > > it was I power supply problem. > > > > Best regards. > > Robi > > > > Same here: my aging Dell with ECC Rambus (yes, Rambus) memory was > rebooting without producing a panic and thus without a chance for a > crash-dump, because one memory bank on the system was failing. > > However, the BIOS on the system was nice enough to tell me about the > memory errors and even tell me which module it thought it was. > > That may be something you should check on your system (meaning: BIOS > error log - if you happen to have one of those). > > Cheers - Tobias > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- This message, together with any attachments, is for the confidential and exclusive use of the intended addressee(s). If you receive it in error, please delete the message. All information contained within this e-mail is without prejudice. Do not disclose, copy, circulate or use any information contained herein.