From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 6:52:59 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 06:52:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pantano.theriver.com (pantano.theriver.com [205.216.137.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A77D37B404 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 06:52:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from patches (216-39-176-70.ip.theriver.com [216.39.176.70]) by pantano.theriver.com (Postfix) with SMTP id EBD3125D73 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:52:56 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <000901c0676f$9e756b60$04fea8c0@patches> From: "Rick Moore" To: Subject: Mysterious Crashes... Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 07:51:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi All! I've been running FreeBSD for about a year now, and really like it. For the kinds of things I do, it seems to be one of the most stable and best performing OS's compared to Linux, Solaris, and Windows NT. I have one problem, though, and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Occasionally, like once a week, when a server is under heavy load it crashes and reboots on its own. (By "heavy load" I mean lots of CPU activity, disk IO, and network IO.) The hardware has always been a little flakey (ABit BP6 motherboard), and I'm trying to isolate whether it is a software or hardware issue. Identical servers under less strenuous activity run for months without a problem. I'm not even sure if there is a "panic" before it reboots, and I'm not sure where the kernel dumps would get placed. Is there a way to get a clue as to what's going on? Just pointing me at the right documentation would be a great help. Thanks in advance! Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message