From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 18:20:54 2010 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 C572A106564A for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:20:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894838FC16 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywj3 with SMTP id 3so213433ywj.13 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:20:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.1.17 with SMTP id 17mr18259wec.99.1289326852537; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:20:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.154.8 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:20:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2C02FC79-4E03-4851-9AE3-564F8809041F@PARTNERS.ORG> References: <2C02FC79-4E03-4851-9AE3-564F8809041F@PARTNERS.ORG> From: Chris Brennan Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:20:32 -0500 Message-ID: To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Richard Morse Subject: Re: CPU testing software? 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, 09 Nov 2010 18:20:54 -0000 On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Richard Morse wrote: > Hi! I've been having problems with FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE crashing. This > morning, it had hung -- it wasn't responding to any input, but there was no > error message on screen. I ran MemTest86+ (which worked; MemTest86 doesn't > for some reason), and it found no errors in two passes (one without ECC, one > with). I was wondering if there is software that will test the CPUs in a > similar manner? > > Thanks, > Ricky > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it > is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the > e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance > HelpLine at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail. > > In my experiences, FreeBSD is very /var dependent and I've had machines lock up and even refuse to reboot because either a) /var was unwritable for some reason or b) /var was just plain full. For my, I've made it a habit of looking at /var/spool/mqueue, for the longest time I couldn't get sSMTP to work properly w/ my mail server and that location would chew up all my free space and cause similar problems. Also what you could do is make sure your fBSD box has a Head and leave it idle (no blanking) on the root-console (ttyv0) and look and see. This was how I discovered my space issues. Ultimatly, more information is require, spec your machine for us to start. Can you include what the machines function/role is? Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, but what's worse is when you play it forward.... ...it installs Windows 2000 -- Alfred Perlstein on chat at freebsd.org