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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nntp.mainstreet.net!news.pbi.net!news.mathworks.com!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: brian@tierranet.com (Brian Scott) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Mysterious reboot Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 06:04:48 GMT Organization: None Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3306a1ba.35901951@192.168.0.1> Reply-To: None NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.146.222.44 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.275 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35513 We've been having one of our servers running FreeBSD 2.1.5 mysteriously reboot every so often -- it won't stay up for more than a day before rebooting. When it reboots it doesn't bother to shut things down properly -- it acts like I pushed the reset button I was just wondering about the possible causes. Obviously, there's the hardware and power aspects, but I've done my best to eliminate those variables by swapping things around. I guess my question is this: could any software that we are running on the server spontaneously reboot FreeBSD? Could this be the result of a configuration error on my part, or is it more likely that this is a hardware problem? In case it's relevant, the system is a Tyan VX P200 w/ 64mb edo dimms, an Intel EtherExpress Pro NIC, with a nice Adaptec card + a couple of Seagate Barracudas. Thanks, Brian