[NTLUG:Discuss] system crash

[Peter Koren]

TJ Bell wrote:
> 
> Peter Koren wrote:
> >
> > I just had a system crash and it is not the first time.
> >
> > I'm running Suse 6.3 and I was running netscape and StarOffice when the
> > disk drive suddenly started furious activity that did not stop. I could
> > not get another shell to work and could not get to the console. I had to
> > shut off the power.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Koren
> 
> Was the time 12:00 am??  If so, cron started up updatedb...just let it
> finish.  It takes it a minute or two to finish on my PII-300MHz.
> 

No, it was close to noon, but I have seen cron jobs start up and take
quite a while, but not the half an hour that I waited before I hit the
power switch.

Thanks,

Peter Koren