[NTLUG:Discuss] system crash

[TJ Bell]

Peter Koren wrote:
> 
> TJ Bell wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> No, it was close to noon, but I have seen cron jobs start up and take
> quite a while, but not the half an hour that I waited before I hit the
> power switch.

whaoh!   sounds like a swap session from hell...dunno...
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