From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 13 14: 9:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6C637B67B for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:09:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nasby@shell-1.enteract.com) Received: from shell-1.enteract.com (nasby@shell-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.40]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA66702 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:09:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nasby@shell-1.enteract.com) Received: (from nasby@localhost) by shell-1.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA66188 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:09:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nasby) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:09:32 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Weirdest crash I ever saw... Message-ID: <20000313160932.E40149@enteract.com> Reply-To: jim@nasby.net Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Speaking as a BSEE, the 240V 'leak' is either due to the building wiring or due to very poor design (or both). If possible, try plugging both the computer and the RAID array into the same outlet (I don't know if your in the US or not, so I don't know if your standard voltage is 120V or 240V). In any case, I would very strongly suggest you find the problem and fix it, as it could prove to be fatal. On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 03:03:17PM -0600, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Kris Kirby wrote: > > > > > But now I'm back to the point where it leaks 240VAC, which makes > > > > it rather unpleasant to do things like it was supposedly designed to > > > > do, such as plugging additional hosts in while the drive array is > > > > powered on and online, although the new host(s) presumably would be > > > > turned off. > > > > > > Gotta love all that double-insulated stuff. 8( > > > > Two words: Isolation Transformer. > > Or better yet, find the leak and fix it. This can also be the sign of > some very poor building ground wiring, and you're actually seeing the > 240V leak from not your own equipment, but some damn machine down the > hall sharing the same ground. :-( > > > -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net > FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. > For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Jim C. Nasby (aka Decibel!) /^\ jim@nasby.net /___\ Freelance lighting designer and database developer / | \ Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America /___|___\ Give your computer some brain-candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Get paid to surf!! http://www.enteract.com/~nasby/alladvantage.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message