Help - Red Hat

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:33:41PM +0800, Peter Cheng wrote:
> Dear Red Hat Friends
> 
>  
> 
> I have a crashed Red Hat Server AS 3.0. The server shut down and
> restarted this morning. The Red Hat Startup process completed with many
> Failure messages. Ethernet 0 & 1 were both not accessible. CD-ROM,
> Floppy and USB are also not working at all. X Windows Starts OK and all
> partitions mounted properly.
> 
> Some of the Failure messages in the System Log are:
> 
> *     ntpd: failed
> 
> *     network: bringing up interface eth0: failed
> 
> *     network: bringing up interface eth1: failed
> 
> *     xinetd(1494): warning, can't get client address. Transport
> endpoint is not connected
> 
> I am currently using Kernel:  Red Hat Enterprise AS 2.4.21-4.ELsmp and
> Red Hat recommends to upgrade but we have not upgraded yet.
> 
> Your help is very much appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Peter

A problem that widespread smells like a hardware failure.  I'd start
by pulling and reseating all cards and memory sticks.  Then run
memtest86 from your CD (if it's there - if not go to
http://www.memtest86.com/ and get it).  If it's still flakey, you
could have a bad power supply.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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