From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 21:20:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA7016A415 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:20:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F09313C45C for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:20:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from working (c-71-60-174-60.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.60.174.60]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:10:36 -0500 id 0005644B.458D9B4C.000001FF Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:10:36 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: "Z. Wade Hampton" Message-Id: <20061223161036.7d122295.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <200612231341.35843.zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> References: <200612231341.35843.zwade@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org> Organization: Collaborative Fusion Inc. X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uncalled for reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:20:43 -0000 "Z. Wade Hampton" wrote: > > Greetings to all, > I am attempting to run cvsup-without-gui on a Dell Inspiron 1501, with amd64x2 > processor and 2GbRAM. > I am using the "ports-supfile" modified to suit location and RELENG_6_1. > > The process begins, and starts deleting the old stuff...no problem. > Then, about 10 minutes into it, the system reboots all by itself - no apparent > reason. You need to gather and provide considerably more information, unless there's someone on list who is psychic. FreeBSD version, hardware data, etc ... However, spontaneous reboots are almost always hardware problems. Have you verified that your RAM, hard drive, cooling, power, and all other hardware factors are in proper operation? That would be the first logical step in diagnosing this. -Bill