Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:11:12 -0400 (EDT) From: John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> To: up@3.am Cc: FreeBSD ISP List <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.1-STABLE spontaneously reboots! Message-ID: <20060905130640.N55642@beck.quonix.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0609050909280.67862-100000@richard2.pil.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0609050909280.67862-100000@richard2.pil.net>
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James, Random reboots can be triggered by faulty power supply or motherboard. It could be a 6.1 thing, but I doubt it. Alot of people use the L440GX, and if it were a 6.1 bug with that motherboards ACPI, we would have heard about it by now. Since you moved the server and it had significant downtime, it is likely that a hardware problem "developed". One way to test is to reinstall 4.10 and see if it still reboots. If it does, then you got your answer. I've seen servers that when shutoff for several hours (after years of service) they come back up with issues, even failed drives. Also, make sure all the fans are working, escpecially cpu fans. -John Von Essen On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, up@3.am wrote: > > This server was in production and rock steady with 4.10-STABLE for years. > Before moving it to a colo center, I took it offline and did a clean > install of 6.1, cvsup'd to STABLE on 8/30/06 and then installed the latest > stable versions of all the applications and mods. > > It's now back in production and for no cause that I can find, it reboots > itself roughly twice a day. Nothing in the syslog or console log, it > looks basically like a power event...system comes back up with uncleanly > dismounted file systems. However, it is on very clean power, has dual > power supplies and none of the other boxes on that circuit has any pwer > problems. > > On boot, I had noticed some complaints about ACPI, but I even tried > disabling it, but it still did this several hours later. > > The ONLY hardware change I'd made was to remove a SCSI passthrough cable > that enabled the on-board SCSI (it's an L440GX+) to be used with an > external tape drive. > > If somebody can point me in the right direction, or to the right list, I'd > greatly appreciate it! > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > up@3.am http://3.am > ========================================================================= > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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