Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:35:24 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself - followup Message-ID: <20030324213524.GC716@ns1.webwarrior.net> In-Reply-To: <BAA4B3FF.46A4%ukla@attbi.com> References: <BAA4B3FF.46A4%ukla@attbi.com>
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:09:19PM -0800, Steve Warwick 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? No. If it's restarting, there's a reaon. > > - 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. > Is it possible the box was damaged in transit? > - 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) > So heat related issues are possible, also bad ram, video, or PSU. I've seen all 4 of those cause spontanious reboots with nothing in the logs. > - As far as I can tell the box has not been exploited -- if someone we > restarting the machine via software then / would dismount correctly. > I'm pretty sure that if I had root on a box I could figure out a way to make it reboot as you are describing. I'm not saying that's feasable, but it could happen. > > Further thoughts, suggestions? > > TIA > > > Steve I'd also agree with the others who said to suspect the power condition at your colo. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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