[CentOS] System reboots automatically more or less every two days

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 02/23/2012 11:32 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> On 02/23/2012 04:08 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>> fabio.pugnaghi at tiscali.it wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem with CentOS 6.2.
>>>>
>>>> On December 2011 I installed CentOS 6.1 on a HP ProLiant DL 165 G7
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> Recentely I upgraded to CentOS 6.2 but at reboot the system didn't
>>>> startup. So I removed new kernel kernel-2.6.32-220.4.2.el6 and CentOS
>>>
>>> You say the system didn't come up - how far did it get? How did you
>>> remove the newer kernel?
>>>
>>> Personally, I'm moving as fast as I can to get *rid* of the 220.2
>>> kernel, with its constant, irregular crash dumps with traces that
>>> all start with warn_slowpath.
>>
>> I am unable to run anything later then
>> 2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64. Booting of 220.4.x just hangs. I
>> had no time to file a bug report, always something more pressing. But
>> will do it soon. 220.2.1 runs without a problem for weeks at the time
>> (always-on desktop).
>
> Out of curiosity, why CentOS plus, and not the std.?
>
>          mark
>

Past experience with 5.x is that additional kernel modules can come in 
handy. Also there were always some optimizations or things that are 
disabled by the upstream.

Regular 220.4.x kernel was first installed, but no dice with it. Then I 
tried 220.4.x centosplus and still no dice.


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