Re: net6501 hangs on reboot

Hi ED,

On 14/09/14 20:16, ED Fochler wrote:
> I am also using the rackmount case on a pair of net6501’s with the soerkis transcend 4GB drive.  I don’t do upgrades/reboots unless I can be around to manually reboot the machines because I have seen this intermittent behavior.  It’s not typical, but it has happened more than once.
> 
> I believe there is some chatter about the drive misbehaving slightly, having an incorrect resistance to be detected reliably, etc.  It has been reliable from a full power cycle, but not always a warm reboot.  is uManager still responsive to "+++” on your hung machine?  That may be a remote access option.

to rule out the drive, I have put it in two different other boards with
the same OS (Debian Wheezy) still on it (Gigabyte GB-XM14-1037 and
PCengines APU1D4).

Both other boards reboot reliably with this SSD several 100 times in a
row. Only the net6501 fails to reboot on a regular basis with this
Transcend SSD.

Sadly, the uC OOB Shell is not available when Grub has failed and
presents its rescue menu. The machine needs to be powercycled hard.

IMHO this is an absolute no-go for a remotely administered machine -
like the net6501 is advertised to be.

Best regards,

Martin Sofaru

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