RE: [cobalt-users] Diagnosing network freezes on Raq4?

["Rick Ewart" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2003-January/084774.html

This is a response I posted to the list a month or so ago about a
similar issue. I created a script that tried to deal with it, but after
waking up several times in the middle of the night to handle reboots,
gave up.

Re: front panel resets - if you do a normal shutdown, it should be fine.
That goes through the whole process.

HTH,
Rick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cobalt-users-
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Warner
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:31 PM
> To: Cobalt Users
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Diagnosing network freezes on Raq4?
> 
> We have a server that has been relatively imperturbable.  It has
stopped
> chatting on the net twice in two days.  All internal stuff seems to
> continue, as cron continues processing its charges, internally
generated
> email from logcheck is submitted, the active monitor entries appear in
the
> appropriate logs, and mrtg seems to continue logging its various
> datapoints.
> We can find no evidence of mischief afoot and there have been no
recent
> upgrades or installs (or even site additions) on this particular box.
> 
> Any pointers on how to figure out what is making it stop responding on
all
> ports/services?  Also, is there a data corruption risk when rebooting
from
> the front panel or does it shutdown daemons and filesystems properly?
Now
> if I just had a 700 mile pole to push the button with <g>.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
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