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From: Thomas Foerster <puckwork@madz.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:40:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010327084101Z130793-406+4326@vger.kernel.org> (raw)


> On 03.27 Thomas Foerster wrote:
>>
>> But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried
>> to reboot
>> our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen),
>> but the
>> system always hangs on
>>
>> Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed
>>

> Try booting with init=/bin/bash, it looks like kernel gets a bad /sbin/init,
> and gets stuck. Perhaps the shutdown damaged init, it starts to run and get
> hung.

That didn't fix the problem :(

When i run "diff" on a new and the "old" init, i get no diffs ...

Must be something other :(

Thomas


             reply	other threads:[~2001-03-27  8:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-27  8:40 Thomas Foerster [this message]
     [not found] <fa.it9nv9v.g08l8a@ifi.uio.no>
2001-03-27 10:07 ` URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: " Giacomo Catenazzi
2001-03-27 11:19 ` Jonathan Morton
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-27  9:23 Thomas Foerster
2001-03-27  9:12 Hen, Shmulik
2001-03-27  9:06 Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes
2001-03-27  6:48 Thomas Foerster
2001-03-27  7:50 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-03-27 14:40 ` Stuart MacDonald
2001-03-27 16:21 ` Alan Cox

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