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On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:27:31 +0200
alexander lerch
Hi,
since I am new to this list and I am no linux expert, please be a little bit patient with me...
An 8.2 install was running fine since june, but locked up yesterday without any obvious reasons (I was executing the latex2html script at this moment). Since then, the system locked during boot, either at "Setting up the CMOS clock" or "Creating /var/log/boot.msg". Starting the pc with the "Save Settings" kernel worked at first, but the computer locked after the login, and further boots will lock, too. The same with the rescue system: it booted one time, but soon after login it locked, and now locks during boot.
The main components worked properly for years in this constellation: EPOX K7XA, Athlon 750, 512MB PC133 Infineon
In the running installation, the following non-default servers were running on the system: Apache, SMB (WINS, files and print), CVS
Additionally, an external SCSI streamer (SCSI controller: Adaptec 1520) was connected to the system.
I was running a software raid 1 with two IBM 100GB-hds. The data on the hds is of great importance.
I would be very glad for any hints what to do. I tried, without any results, to change the DRAM clock from 133 to 100, and I am currently running a ram test. I have found that similar problems are generally not caused by software. If you have not made any recent hardware changes, I would suggest that you are having an intermittent component failure, most probably power supply. I had some intermittent system failures, where the hard drives would just apparently appear to go offline. Drove me nuts until I replaced the power supply. I also had similar boot lockups while rebooting. The biggest clue that this is a hardware problem is that your rescue system locks up.
Fortunately, power supplies are relatively inexpensive, easy to replace,
and do not require any software or firmware changes.
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Jerry Feldman