[TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software

Thu Jun 7 17:28:49 EDT 2007

im not thinking the system is that dead. its just a fault its running across
once in a while. the system is rebooted 3 times a week, almost always
successfully, in the past month however, it has hung twice. which is twice
too often, we are just trying to figure out why.

On 6/7/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One other idea is a bad RAM chip/electrostatic shock. That should be easy
> to
> determine with a memory test. Even maybe from built-in BIOS full memory
> test? Might have to remove everything and add all back one by one. I have
> a
> desktop at home like this. It took a beating when a friend shipped it to
> me
> from across the country. Case was even bent.  I'd clear CMOS and reseat
> everything and it would work until the next time I moved it around. Then
> it'd come up blank screen as video was not initialized and hang. Reseating
> the video card and clearing cmos  would get it back up. Finally I found
> out
> a memory stick was bad. Haven't had any problems since but haven't moved
> it
> alot either.
>
> TimJowers
>
> On 6/7/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds pretty dead. If it will boot, Knoppix or TRK will tell you what
> > died. If there are any beep codes, the (MoBo) manufacturer's web site
> will
> > tell you what they mean. Also check the BIOS to see if the drives are
> even
> > recognized.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com>
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 4:11:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software
> >
> >
> > I cant really answer any of these questions directly, or firmly, as i am
> > in
> > limited contact with the boss person.
> >
> > I know that the system was built by my boss, however, im not sure to
> what
> > extent. also, i know that one of the two server's (not sure which one,
> and
> > only having problems with one of them) is running the non Susie
> enterprise
> > edition, with the enterprise packages added.
> >
> > as far as were its hanging, again, I'm not sure, cause the server isn't
> > close, and i dont have access from here.
> >
> > I can say that none of the hd lights are flashing, and when you move the
> > mouse, its just a blank screen.  not sure what else has been determined
> > with
> > he system hanging.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/7/07, Tim Jowers <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Knoppix has memtest option FWIW. Also, most (all?) server companies
> ship
> > a
> > > platform CD with stress test for each and every piece of hardware in
> the
> > > server. If you have a server then you should have such CD or be able
> to
> > > download it from the server vendor. (Or even from Intel or Acer which
> is
> > > really where it all comes from though that will take some finesse to
> get
> > > access to their download sites as these are usually only for VAR's
> like
> > > DELL, HP, IBM, etc.) At NCR we used to also provide the option of
> > putting
> > > it
> > > in a small partition so it was on disk as well. I think there are some
> > > bootable Linux distros for stress test too?
> > >
> > > Where did it hang on boot? Had it started to load vmlinuz into RAM? Or
> > was
> > > it still in BIOS? Might look back in /var/log/messages if it was
> during
> > > Linux OS loading. Also, did all of the SCSI disks initialize? Failing
> > SCSI
> > > disk is the common sporadic hang on boot I've seen.
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > On 6/7/07, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > kevin,
> > > >
> > > > going by what my boss said (i haven't drilled down to look), this
> > > program
> > > > has a bootable version, so that it does not have to run on the os
> its
> > > > self.
> > > >
> > > > any suggestions? free is better, but it needs to be just as stable
> as
> > > any
> > > > of
> > > > the commercial products.
> > > >
> > > > thanks :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/7/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Electronic Download (WINDOWS) ONLY"
> > > > >
> > > > > Kevin
> > > > >
> > > > > Have you F/LOSSed today?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > > From: Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com>
> > > > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 1:02:31 PM
> > > > > Subject: [TriLUG] diagnostic/stress test software
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Gents,
> > > > >
> > > > > we have a linux server that keeps has hung twice on boot this
> month
> > > (its
> > > > > restarted 3times a week)
> > > > >
> > > > > we are looking for a self booting diagnostic tool that will do
> both
> > > > > diagnostic and stress testing.
> > > > >
> > > > > we have found one "
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.smithmicro.com/default.tpl?group=product_full&sku=CKDWINEE&prodview=intro
> > > > > ";
> > > > > , but i wanted to see if you guys had any other recomendations?
> > > > >
> > > > > jsn
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