Re: server with debian 3.0 randomly shuts down when booting [SOLVED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: server with debian 3.0 randomly shuts down when booting
> Benedict Verheyen said:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i'm running a server with debian woody testing / unstable.
> > Base install with shorewall, nothing else. (2.4.18 bf24 kernel)
> > IDE harddisk (ext3 partitions), SCSI cdrom, ISA SB AWE64
> > When i recently came home i couldn't access the net. After some
> > checking i found out that my server was down. I thought it was a
> > power cut that had caused this to happen. When i tried to reboot
> > the system it would suddenly shutdown at various points in the
> > startup procedure. After several fruitless tries, it took iso binary 1
>
> if the system is powering down on it's own during bootup and you
> do not see the lights flicker or anything I would venture to guess
> it is a heat problem. the CPU may be overheating. many motherboards
> automatically cut power to prevent damage. In many cases it can be
> fixed by applying heat sink grease between the CPU and the heatsink,
> other ways include installing a better fan, or more fans, cleaning
> the case of all dust, making sure there is good airflow etc.
>
> you are not clear on how it 'shuts down', I am under the impression
> that it just powers off which is why I think it could be a heat
> problem. if it is a different form of shutdown be more descriptive
> on exactly what happens.
>
> as for the logs, worst case, take the drive out, put it in another
> system, mount the drive and get the logs. for further troubleshooting
> I reccmend setting the system up with a serial console so that logs
> can be buffered to another system(many times just using a syslog
> server isn't enough, solaris is good about being able to write logs
> to a syslog server during a crash, linux is not)
>
> nate
I experienced more random cut offs and was fed up with them. I
reinstalled using other isos and choose ext2 instead of ext3.
Now i don't have these random shut downs anymore. So i think
it's safe to say it wasn't a power issue but a problem with my hd
or my iso's. I'm guessing it's a harddisk problem (bad sectors?
checking the disk didn't find any however)
Anyhow, my server is up and running and that's enough for me.
Thanks for helping me find the problem.
Benedict
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