I have a real problem with Linux-2.2.5: For some reason that is not
hardware, init dies. This wouldn't be as bad if
1) A message would go to syslog (and not to console only)
2) The kernel would really panic
3) The kernel would not silently fille the process table and refuse
to start any more processes.
As you know, if your system is in that state, you can switch
consoles, find nothing unusual, but you can't login, you can't
shutdown, and you can't even TELNET into the machine.
With my most recent crash I just exited "man rpm" when no prompt came
again, and I could not enter any command!
I thin something should be done. (I don't know the problem that
causes the crash, but I suspect a late consequence form some failed
SCSI (AHA1542) tape access using dump. (dump does nothing when it is
expected to write to the tape; I interrupted the process after a few
minutes))
Sorry for the bad news,
Ulrich
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