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SubjectRe: 2.2.10/12 kernel crashes
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> We're running linux 2.2.10 and linux 2.2.12 on various servers here.
> The problem is that, from time to time, some of the servers crash.

What hardware, what is common between the ones that crash

> The biggest problem of all is that we do not know the reason for
> the crash, the kernel produces no output, the screen is blank, no
> keyboard, no network, no nothing.

> I would like to find the answer to our problems, as these server
> problems are not rare. But since these problems only occur on
> live systems, what's the best way to go about trying to tackle
> this ?

#1. A serial console will grab a large crash dump.

Firstly though - is the box SMP ?
Is it a socket 7 based board (eg K6), if so does turning off the BIOS APM
and the USB support in the BIOS help.
Do you see any other oddities - weird core dumps etc ?

Alan



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