Sun Solaris reboots continuosly

[VM123456]

Hi,

My Sun m/c keeps rebooting within some time automatically .. not sure if this a setting somewhere in one of the systems files. Just got this box used from some company going out of business ... Please advise !!

Thanks

 

[SamBones]

Is it rebooting, or just shutting down. If it's shutting down, it could be the power management is turned on. This shuts the system down after a certain amount of idle time.

If it is rebooting, look for errors or panics in the system log. This should be the file [tt]/var/adm/messages[/tt]. There may be some hints to the problem there.

Is it a consistent amount of time? Type "[tt]last reboot[/tt]" and see if the reboot times are consistent.

 

[VM123456]

Thanks for the reply. I looked in the messages file & Just before the last reboot, I got a "Fatal PCI UE Error" and then it tried to sync the file systems, but failed. Any more ideas?

 

[SamBones]

Please post the full messages. That will help pinpoint the problem.

It sounds like you may have a bad PCI card plugged into the system. I would start by pulling out anything you know don't need. Then maybe swap the cards you do need into different slots in case there's a defect with one of the slots.

Also, what model system is this? And what do you have plugged into it?