Re: [Xen-users] xen2.0 stable periodic machine freeze

[Douglas Hunter <douglashunter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/1/05, Barry Flanagan <barryf-lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Douglas Hunter wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 that periodically (6 times in the last 24
> > hours) freezes, requiring a power cycle in order to come back.
> >
> > The machine is running a Xen 2.0 stable source install.  Here is the
> > appropriate Grub entry:
> >
> > title Xen 2.0 / XenLinux 2.6
> > kernel /boot/xen-2.0.gz dom0_mem=131072
> > module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
> 
> 
> Hi Douglas,
> 
> Disable USB in your BIOS and all will be well. This is a known problem
> with some Dell servers.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 

Thanks to everyone who responded.  I've disabled USB in the BIOS and
have been doing heavy IO on the box since.

Thanks again,

-- Douglas

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