[ILUG] Server Issues

[Conor Wynne]

>> Does the console say anything? Perhaps gives a kernel panic message?
>>
>> // Niall.
>
> Well, I cannot reboot locally myself, as server in Carlow, and I'm in
> Dublin.
> I have to get Computer Services to:
> "Went to console but wasn't reponding. Can ping machine from lan but no
> SSH."
>
> Sometimes console does respond, other times it doesn't - and if responds
> there is no indication as to what it may be.
> Here lies my problem.

Sounds like a hardware issue.
What does dmesg say when it plonks over? Kernal panic?

If you are remotely adminning it, then use netdump to log to another box.

Conor Wynne
Dublin
Irlande.