Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:23:09 -0700 From: Mahlon Smith <reich@internetcds.com> To: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spontaneous reboots: how common in general? Message-ID: <20010725152309.J2068@internetcds.com> In-Reply-To: <a05100310b784b6ce51b0@[206.128.102.10]>; from "jim@ohio.com" on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:53:53PM References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010725124349.93312A-100000@vdsi.net> <a05100310b784b6ce51b0@[206.128.102.10]>
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I've seen this with bad ram, also with a bad disk controller. In both cases, console displayed a panic message that helped clue me in on what the problem was, I'd suggest checking your console next time it happens, or if you aren't around, stick a null cable between com1 and comX on another box, and setup a terminal logger (CRT, Kermit, whatever) to capture the panic for review later. ( echo "-P" > /boot.config && reboot ) Regardless, your most likely culprit is hardware. -- Mahlon Smith InternetCDS http://www.internetcds.com On Wed, Jul 25, 2001, Jim Arnold wrote: > maybe i have chosen my wording poorly. by spontaneous reboots i don't mean that > the computer is just happily crunching away and then for no reason it > just reboots. > > I'm talking about doing *something* that literally freaks FreeBSD out and > it reboots instead of handling the situation or letting you kill the offending > process. > > as an example today i went to copy mp3 files off a cd i burned at home > on my my FBSD box and transfer them to my FBSD work box. For some > reason I was getting a "bad address" error on one file. > > I tried to copy that file to another directory when a weird buzzing > sound started > coming out of my speakers. X locked up and i could not ssh into into the box. > about 20 seconds after it started the computer just rebooted itself. > > hope that helps clarify. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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