From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Sep 23 12:56:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B72D14CD0 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA61524; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:44:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:44:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: vladimir@math.uic.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: debugging a crash In-Reply-To: <19990923193804.1451.qmail@math.uic.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 23 Sep 1999 vladimir@math.uic.edu wrote: > Dear BSD-users, > > My machine running 3.3-STABLE is randomly rebooting from time to > time. There is nothing in the system logs. What should I do if I > want to find the cause of these reboots? Is the "Kernel Debugging" > section in the handbook the right place to start? This machines is > destined to become our main file server, so I have to take care of the > problem. Thanks for any advice! Random reboots are usually hardware-related, but setting up crashdumps and a debugging kernel is a good idea just in case get a dump. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message