> Was trying to upgrade a remote NIC in-flight from a (fixed) 10BASE-T FD > to (fixed) 100BASE-T FD; on a Cisco switch with fixed rates: > > # ifconfig xl0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > > This is what I issued, then nothing more came up on my remote terminal > (ssh). Last resort: Had to drive a few kms to remote server room. > My 3.7 was simply frozen. No local keyboard access; no other term, no answer > from > NIC; no dump. 'Frozen' at its best. > Same thing happend to me on 3.7 release, the positive thing was I only had to drive, ah walk, into my basement ;)
I later on found out (after many trips down the stairs ) that a ram was going really bad (as in seqfault in random places), but I also changed my NIC during my search for the bad hardware in my box. My GUESS is that the problem is with the 'xl' 3.7 release driver because I didn't have the problem since using a real NIC (fxp) an not a piece of junk (sorry but did some testing with xl -> crap ). > Of course, no chance here to try to reproduce the matter. > But a hint how to avoid it next time would be welcome, > As written above dump the nic or if that is not a choice leave the media setting at 'auto'. mfg ahb
