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Thread: some general server issues: hardware/ubuntu

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hi,
server admin not area of expertise, i've got home server use learn on , i've had issues.

have headless system runs ubuntu server on quad core amd machine. have machine connected wireless router via ethernet , log on other machines (desktop dual boots ubuntu , win7 , macbook) ssh/putty/whatever.

use samba share , host webapps wrote. typically leave machine on time, when went away on vacation, decided shut down.

when got back, when started unable log on, had dig in , connect monitor/keyboard. found getting errors such "ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)".

wasn't sure were, googling did sounded kind of harmless , related older packages, took opportunity run "do-release-upgrade".

error went away, started running other problems...when logged onto server via ssh ubuntu desktop, got read i/o error...leading me believe hd fried. left off few days.

when pulled machine out today, started , got error in bios, saying starting machine lesser amount of memory. went bios setup area. hit escape , brought new screen (before grub menu) got error: "error: fd0 read error".

went grub menu , began spitting out lines before getting login prompt, , among them "mountall: fsck /boot [385] terminated status 1".

got logon screen , logged in, , able hard drive had been unable access before. so, backed hard drive.

when rebooted again, did not error related lower memory, did fd0 read error.

i'm going review /etc/fstab , make sure ok, , maybe remount everything. suppose overall question is, how can best ensure server runs reliably without these kinds of issues? if machine in colocation totally screwed. there steps should take make sure have best hardware , set optimally machine stays on time?

[also, realize need better job documenting types of issues come across]


thanks,
bp

a bios error not sound good. try opening box, reseating memory , rebooting. use livecd , run memory test.

regards


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