Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-09-08 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* William D. Colburn (Schlake) schl...@gmail.com [100702 12:19] wrote: I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures. The machine can't stay more than about ten minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots. Unfortunately, I know the

My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread William D. Colburn (Schlake)
I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures. The machine can't stay more than about ten minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots. Unfortunately, I know the root cause of the panics. If my computer is sitting on the table, then the

Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:18 PM, William D. Colburn (Schlake) schl...@gmail.com wrote: I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures.  The machine can't stay more than about ten minutes before it panics into a hung kernel, or simple reboots.

Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread jhell
On 07/02/2010 16:29, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:18 PM, William D. Colburn (Schlake) schl...@gmail.com wrote: I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures. The machine can't stay more than about ten minutes before it panics into a

Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 07:35:14PM -0400, jhell wrote: On 07/02/2010 16:29, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:18 PM, William D. Colburn (Schlake) schl...@gmail.com wrote: I got my new 8-stable system up, and now I just have recurrent disk controller failures. The machine can't

Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread William D. Colburn (Schlake)
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Ripple or dirty power coming from a UPS -- because not all of them clean things up -- could cause all sorts of chaos hardware-wise too, and in some cases permanent damage. The UPS is actually my biggest suspect.

Re: My kernel panics suck

2010-07-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM, William D. Colburn (Schlake) schl...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Jeremy Chadwick free...@jdc.parodius.com wrote: Ripple or dirty power coming from a UPS -- because not all of them clean things up -- could cause all sorts of chaos