Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-08 Thread Geoff Fritz
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:41:27PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called SMART test, which might be smartctl,

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:15 PM, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:15:59PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and switched over all my customer's

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:15 PM, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and switched over all my customer's websites. The database

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:44 PM, John Almberg wrote: That sounds like either a hardware problem (ie CPU overheating or marginal PSU failing under production load), or less likely, some kind of software misconfiguration. System logs would be useful to see whether any signs of trouble are being

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:44:20PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Apparently, power was fluctuating drastically before they decided to cut power, so a hardware problem is a definite possibility. A PSU failure would not surprise me in the circumstances. Assuming I can ever ssh in again, what

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called SMART test, which might be smartctl, and said the hard drives look good. I am now able to get back

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Michael Powell
John Almberg wrote: Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called SMART test, which might be smartctl, and said the hard drives look good. I am