[NTLUG:Discuss] system crash

[TJ Bell]

Peter Koren wrote:
> 
> I just had a system crash and it is not the first time.
> 
> I'm running Suse 6.3 and I was running netscape and StarOffice when the
> disk drive suddenly started furious activity that did not stop. I could
> not get another shell to work and could not get to the console. I had to
> shut off the power.
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Koren

Was the time 12:00 am??  If so, cron started up updatedb...just let it
finish.  It takes it a minute or two to finish on my PII-300MHz.

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