[H-GEN] how to trace cause of crash/reboot

[Troy Piggins]

* Daniel Devine wrote :
> 
> The hardware-wise reboots could be caused by RAM, CPU, Motherboard
> components or PSU... and they could be triggered by dirty power,
> age, heat or load. If the server is on a UPS it will filter the
> power and/or indicate problems with the mains power supply (*beeeep*
> *clunk* *brrr*).
> 
> Another way you could work out if the problem lies with hardware is
> to run a live-cd (with a cron-job or two to give it some load) for a
> day and see what happens.

Thanks mate.  The heat, load, power, ambient conditions in the room
with the server remain pretty static, and the server has been
happily chugging along for years.  That points to age, I guess.  :)

I like the Live CD idea.  I'll have a play with that maybe next
weekend unless things take a really ugly turn in the meantime.

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Troy Piggins