Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 17:36:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@jeah.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: System hangs ... out of ideas ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105011735340.40503-100000@awww.jeah.net> In-Reply-To: <20010501193458.Q87971-100000@atelier.acadiau.ca>
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What about popping the drives/RAM into another machine and seeing if they work? That could be an issue. ------------------------------------------ Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@jeah.net> IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Networks Web: http://jslivko.orcon.net.nz/ "FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve!" ----------------------------------------- On Tue, 1 May 2001, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Definitely not an option :( > > On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > > How about reinstalling the base system from CD/FTP? > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@jeah.net> > > IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Networks > > Web: http://jslivko.orcon.net.nz/ > > > > "FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve!" > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2001, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2001, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > > > > > > Have you tried to get the tech to do a CVSUP on the machine to the latest > > > > revision? Maybe the problem you are having will be fixed by a make > > > > buildworld. > > > > > > can't get the machine to stay up long enough to do that, but am going to > > > try that the next time we do get it up ... > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko@jeah.net> > > > > IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Networks > > > > Web: http://jslivko.orcon.net.nz/ > > > > > > > > "FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve!" > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > On Tue, 1 May 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a server on a SuperMicro Dual MB, good for 4g of RAM (only have > > > > > 1gig right now) motherboard ... onboard SCSI, onboard Ethernet ... only > > > > > thing not onboard was the video card ... purr'd like a kitten, never had a > > > > > problem with it ... runs ~60 jails quite well ... > > > > > > > > > > On monday morning, we installed a second 18gig hard drive ... rebooted, > > > > > shut down one of the jails to copy it to the new drive ... after > > > > > 10minutes, hung solid. No keyboard, no pings nothing ... > > > > > > > > > > Great, bad drive, so, since we can't do anything about it right away, we > > > > > leave the drive idle except a bit of swap ... hung at 1am ... tech went > > > > > down, pulled the drive out and rebooted ... > > > > > > > > > > 6am, she hangs again ... same symptoms, one less drive ... so it isn't > > > > > that drive ... > > > > > > > > > > tech goes down, reboots ... I get long enough to login to the machine, > > > > > start up a top process ... hangs solid again ... > > > > > > > > > > We haven't touched anything on the motherboard, no changes in RAM, just > > > > > added and then removed that one 18gig drive ... we've checked (and will > > > > > re-check) to make sure cables and RAM is seated right, but first scan > > > > > through the machine showed both to be fine ... > > > > > > > > > > I've pretty much run out of ideas ... if it was SCSI, I should be able to > > > > > ping the box still, normally, right ... ? > > > > > > > > > > The catalyst appears to have been the 18gig drive, as far as we can tell > > > > > ... but removing it, the problem persists ... > > > > > > > > > > I'm running 4.3-STABLE(ish) on that machine ... might be a couple of weeks > > > > > old, its down right now (and 2500km away), so can't get any specifics ... > > > > > > > > > > Help? Thoughts? Someething I'm not thinking to look at? > > > > > > > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > > > > > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > > > > > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > Marc G. Fournier marc.fournier@acadiau.ca > > > Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University > > > > > > "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" > > > > > > > > > > > > Marc G. Fournier marc.fournier@acadiau.ca > Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University > > "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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