[CentOS] CentOS 4.3 Server spontaneously rebooting (over and over again)

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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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 at van-eerd.net > 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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> Thx
> Joshua Gimer

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