From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 4 20:50:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30CCF16A420 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 20:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C825643D46 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 20:50:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF6C5D58; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:50:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77843-07; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:50:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311DF5CC1; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:50:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <35547AA9-77E7-47C6-8897-7CC09273118A@illian-networks.nl> References: <35547AA9-77E7-47C6-8897-7CC09273118A@illian-networks.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5FBB210B-5A77-473E-BA66-74869ECD3139@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:50:26 -0400 To: Rutger Bevaart X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD unstable on Dell 1750 using SMP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:50:33 -0000 On Apr 4, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Rutger Bevaart wrote: > This because we have 2850's that experience exactly the same > problems, just less frequently (about once every 4 months). > > I'm completely at a loss, and inclined to remove FreeBSD and > install "another OS" as it is an important management machine for > us, that reboots about monthly. By all means, feel free to see whether the problem reoccurs using another OS, but it sounds like an intermittent hardware failure or power drop to me. I've got a dozen or so Dell 2800 or 2850 machines which have no problems reaching 6+ months of uptime. -- -Chuck