RE: [Bacula-devel] VSS related DIR crash and XP reboot

[Magnus H. <mh...@so...>]

> > Dan,
> > XP is configured by default to restart when a fatal error occurs=20
> > instead of blue-screen. I've had this happen several times=20
> and users swear the system just "shutdown and restart". You=20
> can disable this "feature".
> >=20
> > Right Click "My Computer" > Properties > Advanced Tab > Startup and=20
> > Recovery Settings, and uncheck "System Failure"=20
> Automatically restart.
>=20
> Thanks.  I also changed "Write debugging information" to=20
> none.  It's a dump file, and from what I've read, it's only=20
> of use to Microsoft.

It can be used for others as well. It's basically a coredump. If you
want to go debugging it, you can do it yourself with the debugger tools
from MS. It might actually help you pinpoint where the problem is.


> > I don't know if this is what happended but the system logs=20
> should tell=20
> > you. Enter "eventvwr" into the Start>Run box, and look in=20
> the system=20
> > log at 16:14 on that day. This should tell you exactly why it=20
> > shutdown, and if due to error, which program caused it.
>=20
> From the system log:
>=20
> At 15:01, there is a "TCP/IP has read the security limit=20
> imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts". =20
> I'm guessing that is Limeware.
>=20
> 16:14:38 "Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2=20
> Multiprocessor Free.". =20
>=20
> 16:14:38 "The Event log server was started".  etc.

So far normal.


> 16:14:39 "The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck
> was: 0x10000050 (0x9c4a874c, 0x00000000, 0x804f1766,=20
> 0x00000000). A dump was saved in:=20
> C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini012806-01.dmp.

That means it bluescreened with page fault in non paged area. This
typically means you have either broken hardware or buggy drivers on the
machine. You can (perhaps) use hte windows debugger tools along with the
dumpfile to figure out which driver crashed (in case it's a driver
problem).

(This cannot possibly be baculas fault, except possibly for stressing
some drivers a bit more than they're used to)


//Magnus