>The system boots and runs quite happily but about every two days at what
>apepars to be idle time it panics.
That makes it somewhat harder to diagnose
>Compared to other similar servers I maintain it seems to get an
>inordinate amount of firewall reject packets and I am wondering if it is
>some kind of Dos attack or similar.
Unfortunately quite possible. Would you be able to take it off the network
for several days and see if the panic re-occurs ? Other than that check your
messages log and such for repeated attacks. Also check space on the server
and make sure this isn't being filled up.
Next time it panics like that see if it is possible first to ping,
then to telnet into the server. See if there is any life at all in it. It is
quite likely that you will have to take this box off line to attempt to find
out and resolve whatever the issue is. Although it could simply be a dodgy
network card.
steve
> If the
> system panics at
> boot, try booting in single user mode or from a rescue disk
> and switch on
> the services one at a time to establish if any of them are causing the
> hiccup.
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