SMS WebMaster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: > Hi > > I was RedHat and Mandrake user and now I am (I hope for ever :) ) Gentoo > user > > but I have a big problem. linux sometime crash (hang) sometime without > any reason !!! > > This happened to me in Redhat,Mandrake and now in gentoo > > sometime I don't do anything , just browsing the net with mozilla !!! > > > anyone know any reason for this crash ?? > > > My PC is : > Compaq Presario 2800 (Laptop) > HardDisk 20GB > Memory: 256M > CPU : Intel Mobile 1400 >
I would suspect hardware. Listen for the fan, does it stop? Is it running at all? I once had a Cyrix :( 266MHz that did it all the time, regardless of Linux OS or configuration. It was overheating. > > > BTW : How can I make gentoo allway check the hardisk (ReiserFS) if the > shutdown not clear > ReiserFS is a journalling filesystem, in *theory* it won't loose data during a crash. I'm not sure how to force the check on reiser, but adding 'reiserfsck /dev/hda?' to rc.local wouldn't hurt. Just slows down bootup times a little. HTH, Cooper. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
