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Date:      Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:38:34 -0700
From:      Brendon Lloyd <brendonl@corp.netzero.net>
To:        Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU>
Cc:        Brendon Lloyd <brendonl@netzero.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE reboots.
Message-ID:  <3765AE9A.9AB3BDFD@corp.netzero.net>
References:  <199906150107.TAA08960@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>

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Nope, nothing logged at all. The machines are brand new, we bought them
from the same place and they have the same hardware, we also have a few
of these machines running linux with no difficulties. I suppose it could
be the hardware, but it's doubtful.

Jonathon Doran wrote:
> 
> > I'm running three large ftp servers (300 users per server usually) on
> > freebsd 3.1. The frequency of their reboots seems dependent on the load
> > they're experiencing.
> 
> Normally I'd say its too early for me to say anything.  But the strangest
> thing is that I may be seeing this on 3.2-RELEASE.  Can't say what the problem
> is yet.  You didn't mention it, but is anything logged in /var/log/messages?
> 
> In my case, the system has rebooted twice without logging a thing.  This
> machine has been running FreeBSD 24x7 since 2.0.5 (sometime in 1996),
> except for those occasions when I've taken it down to move it or add
> hardware.  I'm still gathering data.
> 
> When you see an unlogged reboot (looks like someone hit the reset switch),
> one should think hardware problem.  Too much heat, too little power, a
> flakey motherboard...  Have you added any new hardware lately?
> 
> Jon Doran

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Brendon Lloyd
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