Hello: If this is a really stupid question, please be gentle.
So, I have had a machine with 4.9 running for a year or so.B Except for some minor tweaking (changes to pf.conf and the like), nothing has been installed and there have been no major changes to it. This morning (before I came to work), I noticed the system wasn't responding.B I went to the basement, got out my really old laptop as a serial console, and noticed the system was giving a "ddb>" prompt. Just for kicks, I reboo ted, and at some point after the networking comes up, the system paniced and gave the "ddb>" prompt again (i can't recall the error - still at work).B I have been doing some googling in my free time, but could not find anything to help me with the question below. Anyway, my stupid question:B This is almost certainly a hardware problem, right?B A dying disk, or something like that? I am just wondering before I invest a lot of time/effort in trying to fix the system. Thanks bye - ted
