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Date:      Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:47:14 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org>
To:        Steve <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc:        "Jonathan A. McEllroy" <mcellroy@jxm203.rh.psu.edu>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE halts for no apparent reason URGENT!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.960926124637.25963A-100000@glacier.cold.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960926141740.3863B-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>

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> > The problem is that about 2-7 hours after boot the machine will just halt. It becomes wedged so
> > hard that I can't even get through from my terminal on the serial port. Also there are no 
> > messages of any kind in syslog, and the hard drive is not active. This can happen under extreme
> > load or no load at all, when people are logged in or no one is logged in. 
> > 
> Everytime Ive had a lockup problem under freebsd it was ram related.  Are
> all your simms from the same manufacturer? are they heavily chipped ones?
> Have you tried turning off the external cache?  Have you trierd swapping
> ram with another machine?

Or heat related--make sure your server is in a well ventilated area and
the fans are working and not clogged.

-Brandon Gillespie




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