Dell PE2950 - 16GB RAM - RHEL4 ES U4 - 2.6.9-5.ELsmp system freeze

Ray Van Dolson rvandolson at esri.com
Thu Sep 6 10:59:09 CDT 2007


> Is (RHEL 4 ES U4) 2.6.9-5.ELsmp considered particularly old or
> problematic and can anyone comment if there are significant known
> issues which have been addressed? I have looked at the kernel change
> logs and there appears to be reference to at least a couple.

Certainly you should be running the latest stable kernel from RH to
accurately troubleshoot this.  I would recommend updating to RHEL4 U5 +
latest errata if possible.

Fairly painless and then at least you can eliminate that as a possible
cause if problems continue.

Ray



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