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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:33:52 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com>
Cc:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: still can't resolve these system reboots... help please
Message-ID:  <20030305193352.GA90506@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200303051859.h25Ix5HQ003290@himinbjorg.ttsg.com>
References:  <3E66472D.8010407@potentialtech.com> <200303051859.h25Ix5HQ003290@himinbjorg.ttsg.com>

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On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:59:05PM -0500, Tuc wrote:
> >=20
> > It could be incompatible hardware (i.e. mostly compatible hardware) that
> > works most of the time, but occasionally causes a reboot.  Meanwhile, t=
he
> > vender drivers for Windows make it work perfectly there.
> >
> 	Its been working reliably since last May in 4.5/4.6/4.7.... Then
> the hard drive failed,  put a fresh install, and then it was reliable unt=
il
> I was portupgrading X. What could the X system do so horrible that would
> make the screen just go black and then the splash page happen?

It exercises the hardware vigorously (CPU, RAM, disk, I/O controllers,
=2E..).  This is exactly the situation under which failing hardware is
most likely to fail.

Kris

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