[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Periodic crashes on Redhat 8.0
kbrannen@gte.net
kbrannen at gte.net
Wed Dec 4 10:19:46 CST 2002
Minh Duong wrote:
> I turned off all the ACPI features in BIOS and it
> still crashes. The last time it died I was in the
> middle of reading /var/log/messages logs.
>
> The information I get from the logs is that is is not
> a software issue. The machine just stops working. By
> default, my server checks cron every hour to see if
> any jobs are scheduled. It is apparent that the
> server stops checking cron the right after it crashes.
> Plus the fact that I was in the middle of something
> when it died. I have a sneaking suspicion that it is
> hardware. One possibility is that it is somehow
> overheating is causing a shutdown. The other that is
> my motherboard is on life-support. Thanks for all
> your help, guys.
Bummer, try memtest (or is it mem86test?), I think that's the name. It may
just be a bad memory stick. My machine (suse) has that as a boot option. If
yours doesn't, you'll have to create a boot floppy with it on it and boot into
that. It's very easy to use. Of course you'll need about 6 hours or so of
downtime... :-)
HTH,
Kevin
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