Rainer H. Rauschenberg wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:Nicola Bernardini wrote:You should always check the power supply of the nslu2, I had mor than one that failed softly, exposing various strange errors.I see. What should I test? that the nominal voltage is proper and stable? However, if that was the case, the machine would fail erratically, I believe, while it appears to fail quite deterministically (upon an apt-get upgrade, for example).Basic parameters are DC voltage on load, and AC ripple on load. You'll probably need fairly decent test equipment to see the switching frequency.Or a known good power supply ...
Yes. Which is why, with respect to everybody and with appreciation of the effort of the core developers, I also suggested testing with a known good distro.
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