[PLUG] Linux server constantly rebooting.
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Mon Nov 24 02:23:02 UTC 2003
>>>>> "Josh" == Josh Orchard <josh at emediatedesigns.com> writes:
Josh> Only a Linux server from day one. I haven't changed any
Josh> Hardware but I think the Hard drive may be going bad. My only
Josh> thought is that the swap partition is bad and thus it tries to
Josh> write something and fails.
Josh> Is there some way to test for that? Can I create another swap
Josh> like a file since I can't make another partition now. I knew in
Josh> HP you could add to the swap space by defining a file then make
Josh> that file the primary swap. Not very efficient but worked.
Josh> Anything similar for linux?
Howabout swapoff? Then mkswap -c /dev/whatever-your-swap-partitition-is
The -c causes mkswap to check for bad blocks.
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