Debian crashing

[Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au]

If you didn't change anything major on the box, it's probably a
hardware problem. Last Xmax, my fileserver got nuked in a
thunderstorm, and while new RAM made things better, it was
never the same (uptime-wise).

It could be something as simple as a dodgey RAM module, or it could
be much more.

memtest on a bootable floppy is an easy to run first check. Does
your mobo monitor CPU temperature?

Antti

-----Original Message-----
From: James McNeill [mailto:james at heague.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2002 5:58 AM
To: linux at samba.org
Subject: Debian crashing



IT did happen. I've got a debian server (2.2 R6) running Samba, Exim, 
SSH and a few other services. It's been running fine for a month and a 
half with no prblems. Last week it crashed hard, and has been falling in 
a heap about once a day since then.

I've gone through all the /var/log files but can't see anything that 
might be casuing the crashes. the logs just kinda --stop-- in their 
tracks, then resume after the reboot.

I generally feel that it is a hardware problem since it is running a 
solid install of debian and clocked 40 days of uptime before this 
happened. The only thing I can think of is the warmer weather is casing 
it to overheat. Is there any way to establish what is happening?
TIA

-James

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