From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 2 18:31:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA04661 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 May 1997 18:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tok.qiv.com ([204.214.141.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA04652 for ; Fri, 2 May 1997 18:31:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by tok.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with UUCP id UAA09616; Fri, 2 May 1997 20:30:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (jdn@localhost) by acp.qiv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA00499; Fri, 2 May 1997 20:02:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: acp.qiv.com: jdn owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 20:02:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jay D. Nelson" To: Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weird crashing problem continued In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2 May 1997, Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush wrote: ->We've swapped out all hardware (including the case/power supply) but the ->scsi card (adaptec 2940) and the ethernet card. Both these have been ->working fine for a long time. We upgrade to 2.1.7.1. And it still is ->crashing. Well -- that eliminates everything _but_ those two. ->How likely is it that either the scsi card or the ethernet card would go ->bad? Is it worth our time to pursue this or should we approash the ->software/OS level? Quite likely. Generic PC type hardware can be a nightmare. Could be a bios incompatibility or motherboard timings. (Try more conservative settings.) Also be _sure_ IDE is disabled if it exists. Try another SCSI card (ISA maybe) -- and if the ethernet card is a 3com try _any_ other supported card. ->The most frustrating thing about this is that it is not spitting out any ->errors anywhere. Not to the console, not to the logs (and yes, I've ->turned up logging as high as I could). -> ->I can't see it being someone screwing with our power since the 10 other ->systems in the same location are fine. Power supply is a remote possibility -- I saw that once. ->Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. A beer sometimes helps but you may also want to check the temperature inside the case. I'm afraid you're in the 'shot in the dark' zone. -- Jay -> -> Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush ServNet/Abstract Software -> sjkb@abstractsoft.com http://www.serv.net/~begonia -> ``Just another one of the flock following the herd.'' ->