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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2002 12:41:24 -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:  <20020207124059.W25743-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020206175906.B26239@thecoffinclub.com>

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Jacob Frelinger wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:08:10PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Jacob Frelinger wrote:
> >
> > You aren't using a Linux version of vi, are you?  It so happens a common
> > freebsd system call maps to linux reboot() ....
> >
>
> it shouldn't be.
> [jolly@spooky ~]# which vi
> /usr/bin/vi
> [jolly@spooky ~]# strings /usr/bin/vi | head -2
> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1
> FreeBSD
>
> and that wouldn't explain the shutdowns when i ssh from the problematic
> machine into a different one and run vi on the remote machine.
>
> i wish it was something that simple... i'm completly stumped on this...

I think I'd chock it up to bad memory at this point.  Teh reboots could be
a parity failure and some systems reboot in that condition ...

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


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