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Overloaded PSU is also a good bet.
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:18:17AM -0600, Joshua Gimer wrote:
> Sounds like a hardware problem to me. Have you ran a memory test on the system?
>
> On 6/1/06, Rob van Eerd <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> This post has also been posted in the Hardware and General forums but I
> thought it might be wise to post it here as well!
>
> My CentOS 4.3 (upgraded from CentOS 4.2 installed from Linux Magazine's
> April 2006 issue) server is rebooting spontaneously (over and over again).
> It started while I was copying from USB-device (iPod) to another
> USB-device (Freecom Portable-Hard-disk) but it happens now even when both
> devices aren't plugged in.
> I noticed it reboots most of the time during the boot process around the
> messages: "Starting udev:" and "Initializing hardware".
> I tried rebooting into single user mode without any luck and even starting
> with the Installation DVD (from Linux Magazine's April 2006 issue) gives
> me the same results.
> In doing so I noticed that it took a might long time to load my SCSI
> drivers and after removing both SCSI adapters (just connected for oldish
> CD- and tape-drives) it got a little better for just a few hours.
> Now my system is back to his anoying reboot habbit during the boot-process
>
> I've juggled around with the memory because sometimes the reboot occurred
> during initialization of the RAM disks.
>
> I was also starting to think that it may have to do something with
> networking activity because when it (only now and then) comes up properly,
> I can login (straight from the console) but as soon as I try to send
> something across the network (for instance my /var/log/message* files) the
> server reboots again.
> However removing the NIC (including the configuration) didn't solve my
> problem
>
> I've attached my lateste message file for reference. I've managed to get
> that off the system using a simple USB-stick. When trying to get it off
> using SCP or something alike, my server rebooted.
>
> Can anyone point me into the right direction to tame this beast?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Regards,
> Rob van Eerd
> Rosmalen, Netherlands
>
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