SuSE8.1 crash - looking for ideas why this is happening
Yet again, I managed to bring my system to a screeching halt. When this happens, everything stops and no recovery is possible. I have to unplug (and plug back in) the power supply to recover. The reset and power buttons do nothing. This all seems to stem from when I am using the floppy drive. This time I was creating a boot floppy from the SuSE8.1 CDROM This is what I did: cd /media/cdrecorder/boot/ dd if=bootdisk of=/dev/fd0u1440 It started creating the bootfloppy, and then the system crashes. The floppy disk is completely destroyed in the process. I cannot reformat the floppy in Linux or Windows once the system crashes while writing to the floppy. I have tested this same step on another computer running 8.1 and everything works fine. So... where can I look to try and pin down the problem? I have checked the various logs in /var/log and there is nothing in there... no errors, no indication of kernel panics, no hardware errors... nothing. Anyone have any suggestions what could be happening, or what I can look for? Can a failing floppy drive cause such a major system crash like this? C.
On Saturday 28 December 2002 15:52, Clayton wrote:
Yet again, I managed to bring my system to a screeching halt. When this happens, everything stops and no recovery is possible. I have to unplug (and plug back in) the power supply to recover. The reset and power buttons do nothing.
This all seems to stem from when I am using the floppy drive. This time I was creating a boot floppy from the SuSE8.1 CDROM This is what I did: cd /media/cdrecorder/boot/ dd if=bootdisk of=/dev/fd0u1440
It started creating the bootfloppy, and then the system crashes. The floppy disk is completely destroyed in the process. I cannot reformat the floppy in Linux or Windows once the system crashes while writing to the floppy.
I have tested this same step on another computer running 8.1 and everything works fine.
So... where can I look to try and pin down the problem? I have checked the various logs in /var/log and there is nothing in there... no errors, no indication of kernel panics, no hardware errors... nothing.
This sounds like it could be a harware/powersupply issue - unplugging from the mains will reset any protection on the psu. I'd suspect the power connector for the floppy, or the floppy drive itself - maybe the floppy data lead, but I'd have thoight that would cause damage. Check if any power wires (internal ones) are chaffed and/or shorted etc... Dylan -- "Sweet moderation Heart of this nation Desert us not We are between the wars" Billy Bragg
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 16:56, Dylan wrote:
This sounds like it could be a harware/powersupply issue - unplugging from the mains will reset any protection on the psu. I'd suspect the power connector for the floppy, or the floppy drive itself - maybe the floppy data lead, but I'd have thoight that would cause damage. Check if any power wires (internal ones) are chaffed and/or shorted etc...
I thought the same too. I have checked the cabling - power and data and all seems OK (visually). I haven't pulled the cables and done a thorough test. If this is where the problem is, it may explain why I am not seeing any errors in the logs. If the power supply is shorting or resetting itself, this probably just looks like a sudden power off to the OS. Hmmm something to ponder. Maybe this is a good excuse for me to go and get that new case/power supply I have been putting off purchasing. C.
The 02.12.28 at 17:17, Clayton wrote:
This sounds like it could be a harware/powersupply issue - unplugging from the mains will reset any protection on the psu. I'd suspect the power connector for the floppy, or the floppy drive itself - maybe the floppy data lead, but I'd have thoight that would cause damage. Check if any power wires (internal ones) are chaffed and/or shorted etc...
I thought the same too. I have checked the cabling - power and data and all seems OK (visually). I haven't pulled the cables and done a thorough test. If this is where the problem is, it may explain why I am
Does the system simply crash, or does it power off suddenly? I mean, is the "power on" led lit? Are the fans and hd motors spinning? -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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