On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 01:15:36PM -0700, Christopher Padwick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently installed netbsd 3.0.1 on an SGI O2 R5000.  The install was very easy and I was up and running quickly.  But now I am noticing a strange problem: the machine reboots itself several times per day.  The reboot is bad as the machine doesn't come back up.  What I notice is the following:
> 
> 
> - I try to ping the machine and can't ping it after it goes down.
> - I console into it using the serial console and am in a program called "db", not a login prompt.  If I type "continue" then the machine seems to resume booting and comes up ok.  Then the cycle repeats itself a few hours later.

This is the kernel debugger. At this prompt type 'dmesg' (look at the last
few lines) and 'tr'; maybe this will give a hint at what's going on.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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