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After doing the updates - reconfigure - server switchs off

Offline AlexG

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After doing the updates - reconfigure - server switchs off
« on: November 04, 2008, 05:31:55 AM »
Hi Team

This happened several times now: After doing the updates I pressed reconfigure and the server goes down but he does not start again  :???:

What can I do?

Offline cactus

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Re: After doing the updates - reconfigure - server switchs off
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2008, 09:22:53 AM »
Hi Team

This happened several times now: After doing the updates I pressed reconfigure and the server goes down but he does not start again  :???:

What can I do?
Does it really not power up or does it not seem to resume it's network functions and such? If it does not power up I suspect you need to have a look at the bios.

Otherwise you might have a boot issue. Do you have a monitor connected? If so watch it during boot, if not get one attached and watch the output during boot. I suspect something like a kernel panic or a hard drive issue during boot.
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Re: After doing the updates - reconfigure - server switchs off
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2008, 07:51:24 AM »
Hi Team

This happened several times now: After doing the updates I pressed reconfigure and the server goes down but he does not start again  :???:

What can I do?

I'm with Cactus.  It's very likely that you have a BIOS check that is failing, causing the pre-boot sequence to halt.  For example, some BIOS settings on certain hardware will halt the boot if a keyboard isn't attached to the system. 

Plug in a monitor to the machine and watch the system as it goes through a reconfigure/reboot.  If it is a BIOS check that is causing the system to halt, you can very likely disable the check in the BIOS settings.

GJZ 
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