Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:38:42 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Ryan Thieme <rt@pinhead.nshl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Post crash analysis Message-ID: <3B5334B2.65887DE7@i-clue.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107161427440.10443-100000@pinhead.nshl.com>
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Ryan Thieme schrieb: > > I've recently been placed in a position of senior sys admin for our > departmental shell server, but my expertise lies in high speed circuit > troubleshooting, so I could use a hand. > > We had our server crash this afternoon and I'd like to figure out why, > however, I don't really know where to start looking. > > Should I be looking in or for a specific file? > Check /var/log/messages for first hints pointing you in the right direction. Be preparet for an enormous amount of information: wield your more, less and grep tool before ;*) Spontaneous reboots may happen because of bad hardware or flakey power supply, too. Even cleaning personnel is known to cause reboots ;) HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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