FreeBSD restarts on error.

[Bill Moran]

[Please keep postings on the list]

Jason Cave wrote:
> Is there any logs I can view.  I dont have access to the console
> at the moment.

/var/log/messages will have information in it if the system paniced.

> Jason Cave
> cavej at charter.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
>>Jason Cave wrote:
>>
>>>Hopefully someone will know why this happens.  Whenever I get an error
>>>compiling or any kind of error, FreeBSD will suddenly kill all
> 
> connections
> 
>>>to it and reboot.  I am currently using FreeBSD 4.8.
>>>
>>>Anyone else encounter this?
>>
>>Can you see the console?  Are you getting panic messages?
>>
>>When the system panics (major system failure) it reboots after a few
> 
> seconds
> 
>>(I believe this behaviour can be configured, but that's the default)
>>
>>Compiles are notorious for exposing marginal hardware.  I would consider
> 
> using
> 
>>utilities like memtest and cpuburn to validate the reliability of your
>>hardware.


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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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