On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:56:04 +1100, James Gray uttered
> Indeed - 3 "boots" with no shutdowns or reboots. Normally this is a result
> of
> kernel panics. Have you changed anything recently - new kernel perhaps?
> Have you added any new equipment that might be loading a buggy driver?
>
It could be a panic, but it could also be a spontaneous reboot. The
latest machine on my home LAN to die was my previous fileserver. Heavy
disk I/O, or indeed, or a sustained load of higher than 3 would cause
it to reboot all by itself. Which was kind of fun since a reboot would
cause the software RAID on the machine to resync, which may cause
another reboot due to heavy disk I/O ...
Just something to keep in mind, although the sound of a machine
beeping as it reboots still causes shivers ...
Cheers,
--
Steve
If it (dieting) was like a real time strategy game, I'd have loaded a save
game from ten years ago.
- Greg, Columbia Internet
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