From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 17:16:34 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 AB6E71065670 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout014.mac.com (asmtpout014.mac.com [17.148.16.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F738FC14 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.227.140.124]) by asmtp014.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K69004IHRZLZY90@asmtp014.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <04A552D9-08DE-4978-990C-9CB0B2DEC6A8@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Kirk Strauser In-reply-to: <200808271022.52223.kirk@strauser.com> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:16:33 -0700 References: <200808271022.52223.kirk@strauser.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Tape drive resets the server! 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: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:34 -0000 Hi-- On Aug 27, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Kirk Strauser wrote: > Occasionally, whenever I open sa0 for reading (typically when Amanda > starts > flushing backups to tape), the system resets. I don't mean that the > kernel > panics or anything; I mean that within a second or two I'm looking > at a POST > screen. I'd been having this problem for a while, but recently > upgraded > literally every other piece of hardware on the system. The card and > drive > were the *only* components carried over to the new system, and I > even swapped > out the card for a duplicate I had stored away. That type of behavior might indicate a problem with the power supply; if you've replaced that already, I'm not sure what else to say other than to be be sure you've got a decent model which is adequately spec'ed out for the number of drives in your system... -- -Chuck