Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jordan Mendelson" <> | Subject | RE: HELP 2.1.108/SMP: Oops + Trace, inode 08:11/62243 still has locks! | Date | Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:23:00 -0400 |
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> > Linux 2.1.108/SMP > > PC Chips M720 Dual Proc MB w/ 2 P2 266's > > 256 Megs of RAM > > SMC EtherPower Eth (Tulip) > > Buslogic bt-948 > > 2 4.3 Gig SCSI hd's (queue depth 28) > > 1 4 gig DAT (queue depth 3) > > > > Why can't I keep any of my machines working? Argh, every single day it's > > just crash after crash after crash. It takes so damn long to write the > > Oops messages that sometimes I can't wait since they are production > > machines.. I had to run 2.1.x on the SMP box since 2.0.x didn't boot. > > If 2.0.x wouldnt even boot on that machine I would be somewhat concerned. > There isnt anything in that hardware that should fail with 2.0.x - what > happens on a 2.0.x boot
It's been a while, but I believe it dies during APIC detection... it's real early on. As far as I can tell, no kernel previous to 2.1.108 would boot on this machine, however I only tried a few when I got it (2.1.106, 2.0.33, 2.0.34).
2.0.x works fine in non-SMP however. My other machines (Supermicro P120 boards) crash all the time, no particular reason.. no oops, just straight hang or an oops scrolling so fast that I can't copy it down even if I want to with 2.0.x. Heck, the 3c59x card in one of the boxes locks up all the time (ifconfig eth0 down/up fixes, but breaks gated so I have to restart it).
I don't think I've ever gotten a usable oops written to disk... I just wish I could insert a disk into the drive and have it write the oops to it on a crash.. would make my life easier :)
I must have really bad luck since one of the Supermicro's was up for 8 months straight, and now I'm lucky if it goes 8 days.
Jordan
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