Subject: Re: maybe wrong list: problem with netbsd on a sparc
To: joerch <helix@mayn.de>
From: Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/28/2002 15:31:44
--- joerch <helix@mayn.de> wrote:
> hi
> 
> i have an old ss2 standing here, running netbsd
> 1.5.2, with 28mb ram and
> a 250mb hd. it is only running 2 services for me,
> fetchmail and cucipop,
> or in other words getting and serving mails. 
> 
> the machine is running fine for 2 days, after that
> the following happened:
> 
> on the third day uptime i booted my workpc and tried
> to get my mails from
> the ss2 but i did not get a connect.
> after that i connected to the console, serial cable
> (the machine is 
> running with no keyboard or monitor), and what i saw
> was the ok prompt.
> after booting again and checking some things
> everythings seems to be
> fine, but after 1 day i had the same problem again.
> 
> any ideas ?
> 
> is it a problem that appears on all sparc stations,
> maybe i had the
> same problem on my ss5, or is it not a problem but
> my fault ?

I run an SS1 (that's 20 mhz and 24 megs of memory) for
some small jobs, and also as my source server. Does
just fine!

So what exactly is happening? The machine stops
responding? Can you see any errors in the
/var/log/messages file?

Andy

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