Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:41:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:41:05 -0500 Received: from mail.n-online.net ([195.30.220.100]:21776 "HELO mohawk.n-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 03:40:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:40:10 +0200 From: Thomas Foerster To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: " X-Mailer: Thomas Foerster's registered AK-Mail 3.1 publicbeta2a [ger] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20010327084101Z130793-406+4326@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/