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Re: Kernel panics

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On 09/28/2015 09:26 PM, Frank Miles wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 19:36:19 +0000, buck wrote:
>
>> NOTE:  I am unable to convince Xnews to set the FollowUp-To to
>> alt.os.linux.slackware. Please reply there.
>>
>> Problem:
>> My internet-facing computer is experiencing kernel panics on an
>> increasingly frequent basis.
>>
>> Scenario:
>> The box was set up in July 2001.  AMD Duron CPU, 4 IDE drives in a
>> software RAID-5 array, 2 NICs (LAN and WAN) and a Diamond Stealth video
>> card.  When the kernel panics began to become more frequent, I added
>> append = "panic=10" to lilo.conf.
>>
>> General Info:
>> My understanding of "In interrupt handler - not syncing" is that some
>> hardware is at fault, but that seems not to be the case here.  I have 2
>> other boxes with Intel P4 CPU, IDE interfaces, PS2 kbd & mouse, a serial
>> and a parallel port.  I changed the CPU in .config from CONFIG_MK7 to
>> CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 (for the switch from AMD to Intel) and built bzImage
>> and modules.  Then I removed the drives from the AMD computer and put
>> them into one of the 2 Intel boxes.  Kernel panics were just as
>> frequent.  On the off chance that that Intel box was also bad, I moved
>> the RAID array to the other Intel box and kernel panics still continue.
>>
>> Each of the 2 Intel boxes contains one of the NICs that were in the AMD
>> box: the SMC uses the tulip driver and the 3com uses the 3c59x (3com
>> "vortex") driver.  That NIC is connected to the cable modem. There is no
>> other commonality other than the connections: power cord, keyboard,
>> mouse, parallel printer, and serial port (battery backup but not
>> monitored).
>>
>> There is nothing in the logs to indicate any problem.
>>
>> Request for a suggested course of action:
>> Should I replace one drive at a time in the array?  If so, why? Should I
>> reinstall the packages?  If so, why?
>> if this were your computer, how would you approach a solution?
>>
>> Comments are also welome.  Please help if you can.
>
> What constitutes "increasingly frequent"?
>
> I've had keyboard that killed a system (wasn't intermittent in my case).
> So I'd check the remaining pieces, especially if you've got spares handy.
> Power cord included.
>
> Do all of the machines use the same distribution/version OS?  Preferably
> something newer than 14 years old?
>
> Intermittents are such a pain!
>


	So you moved the drives to another box and had the same symptoms?
	I would do a test of the hard drives.
	There are plenty of rescue OSes out there which should
have this sort of test.

	14 year old?  These toys do not last forever, not any part
but the cases (assuming desktops).

	bliss

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Kernel panics buck <buck@private.mil> - 2015-09-17 19:36 +0000
  Re: Kernel panics Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 23:19 +0200
    Re: Kernel panics buck <buck@private.mil> - 2015-09-18 00:47 +0000
      Re: Kernel panics Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 07:50 +0200
        Re: Kernel panics Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 08:37 +0200
  Re: Kernel panics Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2015-09-29 04:26 +0000
    Re: Kernel panics Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-09-28 21:41 -0700
    Re: Kernel panics buck <buck@private.mil> - 2015-09-29 20:19 +0000

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