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To: vladimir@math.uic.edu
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Subject: Re: debugging a crash 
In-reply-to: Your message of "23 Sep 1999 19:38:04 -0000."
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 01:10:58 -0400
From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
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> My machine running 3.3-STABLE is randomly rebooting from time to
> time.   There is nothing in the system logs.  What should I do if I
> want to find the cause of these reboots?  Is the "Kernel Debugging"
> section in the handbook the right place to start?     This machines is
> destined to become our main file server, so I have to take care of the
> problem.  Thanks for any advice!

Hmm... sounds like NMI, often caused by memory/motherboard hardware
problems.

By chance is this machine loaded down with a *lot* of memory?  If so,
try removing half of the memory and see if you're loading the memory
bus too heavily.

Good Luck,

Jerry Hicks
wghicks@bellsouth.net


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