Chris wrote: > On Friday 27 May 2005 06:41 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>Chris wrote: >> >>>Ok, heres another question, don't know if this and the previous question >>>I had are realated or not. I came home today to find that the system had >>>'tried' to reboot: >>> >>>uncompressing kernel >>>crc error >>>system halted >>> > > >>Check the hard drive for errors. I like The Ultimate Boot CD for this. >>http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ >> >>Run a memory test on the system. (memtest86) >> >>If the drive and memory check out ok, then come back to the list for >>other ideas. But I think making sure the hardware is ok is a good first >>step in this case. >> >>Mikkel > > > Thanks Mikkel, I downloaded the image, both drives pass with flying colors, > running memtest about 30% through I got a reboot, I don't know if that > signifies a bad ram stick or not. I'll try rerunning it tomorrow when I have > more time. From the error above I thought maybe the kernel had gotten > corrupted somehow so I ran upgrade from CD1 which reinstalled the kernel. > I'll see what happens during the night and into tomorrow. > > Thanks for the tip on the cd. > > Chris > Hi Chris, I am glad I could help. The thing about installing from RPMs is that the installer does a check before trying to install. So a bad download or CD image normaly results in refusing to install the package. But if it installs, then the problem is in ether an error during install, or during the loading.
In this case, I suspect hardware problems. The fact that the memory test rebooted itself tends to confirm this. I have run the memory test for 48 hours on machines in the past with no reboots. Unfortunitly, the fact that the system reboots more of an indication of other problems, rather then a memory problem. The test is good about reporting errors, so it probably is something other then bad memory that caused this. (But try to get the memory test to complete at least one pass to make sure.) It could be something like a bad power supply, or heat buildup because of a bad fan. This kind of problem is always fun to find! Mikkel -- Registered Linux User #16148 http://counter.li.org
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