Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:27:23 -0600 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself - followup Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030324152337.01c573f0@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <BAA4B3FF.46A4%ukla@attbi.com>
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Hardware could still be an issue... It might be a CPU fan going out. That would explain the reboots. CPU overheats and then reboots. If it's been running fine for 4 months, yes, then it's burned in, but the fan (or some other hardware) might have failed in the mean time. Peter At 01:09 PM 3/24/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Hi All, > >Thanks to all of you that replied so promptly to my question. However I >think I failed to outline the situation clearly enough so with the responses >so far in mind... > >Question was: Is it possible for FreeBSD to shut itself down and restart for >no reason? > >- The "new server in question has been running at another facility without >any problems for about 4 months so I am assuming it is "burned in" and >stable. > >- The logs (var/log/messages, /var/log/httpd-error.log) do not show any >obvious issues such as kernel panics, just a hard restart (/ not dismounted >correctly) > >- As far as I can tell the box has not been exploited -- if someone we >restarting the machine via software then / would dismount correctly. > > >Further thoughts, suggestions? > >TIA > > >Steve > > >--- >Previous question in full: > >My machine was restarted last night and my hosting company claims they did >not touch the server or have any problems. This has been going of for a few >months now -- intermittent restarts that no one claims responsibility for. > >This is a new machine with the latest OS (4.7) so I can't blame a faulty >power supply or something like -- I have more fans than Britney in the >server, for HD and CPU so I don't think it's a temp problem. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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