[ale] First Linux crash!

[Joseph Knapka]

Jim Lynch <jwl at sgi.com> writes:

> Well, I've finally done it.  Not once but twice.  I crashed Linux.  This
> is the first time I've actually crashed Linux where it wasn't a dumb
> mistake on my part.  Sure I've created kernels that crapped out, but
> that was my fault.  I've been running linux since version 0.12 (1992)
> and I thought it was bulletproof. 8)
>
> Anyway what happens is I'm running 2.4.18 as a file server.  Samba
> shared files for backing up my and my wife's Win98 systems.  It's worked
> flawlessly until this weekend.  I tried to backup from my system and it
> killed Linux.  I was monitoring the console (serial, no monitor) but
> when the thing died it just stopped.  No error messages, nothing in any
> log file that I could find.  

This is almost certain to be some sort of hardware problem, I expect.
If it worked fine before, and started crashing with no software
changes, I'd immediately suspect hardware. You'll have to do the "swap
stuff out until it starts working" dance.

HTH,

-- Joe
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