Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.2.10/12 kernel crashes | Date | Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:41:56 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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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