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Date:      Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:08:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jacob Frelinger <jolly@thecoffinclub.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bizzare problem..
Message-ID:  <20020212021214.F07F59EFEB@okeeffe.bestweb.net>

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On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Jacob Frelinger wrote:

> I have a new current system that is having the strangest problem.
> using vi or its clones often abruptly powers the system down, no panics,
> no syslog messages.  the computer is an ABIT BP6 w/ 2 500 mhz cellerons
> (NOT OVERCLOCKED), two harddrives, a cdrom drive and 256M ram.

You aren't using a Linux version of vi, are you?  It so happens a common
freebsd system call maps to linux reboot() ....

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org


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