Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 15:51:39 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Walter Campbell <wcampbel@botbay.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange reboots Message-ID: <37F9135B.9DEDB85@airnet.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910022308580.284-100000@botbay.net>
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Walter Campbell wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Andreas Berg wrote: > > > I recently installed FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE (990926-snapshot). The reason I > > upgraded was that my old 3.2-STABLE got unstable and rebooted a little now > > and then, just like it felt like it. Now, a couple of hours after the > > installation of 3.3-STABLE, I get the same strange phenomenon, the box just > > reboots. > > > I've had the same problems...all due to hardware. Machine would randomly > reboot about once a week, then once every two days or so, finally once a > day. Tried upgrading hte software, checked for possible heat problems, > checked the RAM, all fine...Disabled the L2 cache, haven't had a single > problem since (unless you count the machine room getting flooded by > Hurricane Floyd). Most unusual things can be traced down to hardware > problems. Ah, now that's a great way to get replacement parts / better equipment. But how to get the firehose into the machine room.... -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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