Re: 4.9 rebooting
I would agree with looking into hardware problems - I have a MSI-694 dual proc machine that about two or three months ago started rebooting once or twice a week for no apparent reason, then one hot day it became several times a day and I shut it down before going away for xmas. Now it won't even attempt to start with both cpu's - with one it will boot but at one of the hardware probes (just after keyboard) it restarts, as if someone is hitting the reset button. If it is failing hardware you may find no indication of the fault - the faulty hardware may cause the same effect as someone pressing the reset button - your logs would show normal operation then dmesg would show system boot with disks unmounted properly and starting (or delaying) fsck. On 13/1/05 8:06 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this was something like a kernel panic there would be a message in /var/log/messages If nothing is in there then it's probably failing hardware. My experiences in those cases is that no matter what logging you turn on, nothing gets logged, the machine just reboots. If it's a remote colocated server maybe the UPS it's on is shot, and it's getting power fluctuations. Or maybe it's overheating or it's clogged with dust. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Pazarena Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:40 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.9 rebooting I have a remote server which has begun re-booting every few days. Are there any logs which I can examine that may provide a clue as to the reason? Or any logging I can turn on/up ? I realize that during a reboot, logs are seldom up-to-date, but any clue would be handy. This is a remote co-located server which will take a fairly expensive trip to get hands-on with. I'd like to have ammunition at hand before I commit to the trip. Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Shane Ambler Sales Department 007Marketing.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4.9 rebooting
I have a remote server which has begun re-booting every few days. Are there any logs which I can examine that may provide a clue as to the reason? Or any logging I can turn on/up ? I realize that during a reboot, logs are seldom up-to-date, but any clue would be handy. This is a remote co-located server which will take a fairly expensive trip to get hands-on with. I'd like to have ammunition at hand before I commit to the trip. Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 4.9 rebooting
If this was something like a kernel panic there would be a message in /var/log/messages If nothing is in there then it's probably failing hardware. My experiences in those cases is that no matter what logging you turn on, nothing gets logged, the machine just reboots. If it's a remote colocated server maybe the UPS it's on is shot, and it's getting power fluctuations. Or maybe it's overheating or it's clogged with dust. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Pazarena Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:40 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.9 rebooting I have a remote server which has begun re-booting every few days. Are there any logs which I can examine that may provide a clue as to the reason? Or any logging I can turn on/up ? I realize that during a reboot, logs are seldom up-to-date, but any clue would be handy. This is a remote co-located server which will take a fairly expensive trip to get hands-on with. I'd like to have ammunition at hand before I commit to the trip. Thanks, Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 4.9 rebooting into single user mode
I would suggest that something is wrong. FreeBSD generally doesn't boot into single user mode unless it's either told to, or has to. The most likely probable cause is a bad HDD*, but there may be other possibilities. What happens after someone does enter the default shell path? Does another reboot cure the problem? What console messages (if any, but there should be some) appear to be abnormal prior to the boot prompt? Usually, another reboot fixes the problem, yes. However, this last time was due to some /etc/fstab error, don't have the exact error since the folks at the NOC couldn't remember it, I finally got it fixed, not sure how, but the idents wern't in fstab...I added them back and it worked for some reason. I suspect it might drop into single user mode to fsck...but from my experiences with the boxes I have here, it does that on a normal boot if it needs to, not single user... Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. More specifically, bad sectors or whatnot; anything requiring a fsck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 4.9 rebooting into single user mode
Hi, I just applied the FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp patch onto my 4.9-STABLE box and rebooted. On more than one occasion FreeBSD boots into single user mode and awaits for someone to enter the default shell path. This becomes a problem since the server is remote - is there a way to not have it boot into single user mode after we recompile the kernel? (please reply to all, i'm not on this list) TIA, Patrick Fish ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 4.9 rebooting into single user mode
Patrick Fish wrote: Hi, I just applied the FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp patch onto my 4.9-STABLE box and rebooted. On more than one occasion FreeBSD boots into single user mode and awaits for someone to enter the default shell path. This becomes a problem since the server is remote - is there a way to not have it boot into single user mode after we recompile the kernel? (please reply to all, i'm not on this list) TIA, Patrick Fish I would suggest that something is wrong. FreeBSD generally doesn't boot into single user mode unless it's either told to, or has to. The most likely probable cause is a bad HDD*, but there may be other possibilities. What happens after someone does enter the default shell path? Does another reboot cure the problem? What console messages (if any, but there should be some) appear to be abnormal prior to the boot prompt? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. More specifically, bad sectors or whatnot; anything requiring a fsck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
