OT: SCO Release 5 reboots upon printing from filePro

[fpgroups .]

Thank you all for replying:

(1) reboot is like pressing reset button, no warning, no shutdown warning,
nothing at all
(2) It is an old server but I think I can get a couple memory syms - not
even sure what kind they are
(3) I will try all of your suggestions starting with memory (very easy) and
take it from there

Thank you all for your input!!!!



On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On 1/20/2014 4:36 PM, fpgroups . wrote:
>
>> Marked OT since the problem stems from the OS not filePro.
>>
>
> :-)
>
>
>  If I do:  l |lp
>>
>> directory listing prints no poblem ...  If I print a report or anything
>> from within my filePro application server reboots.
>>
>> My printer is defined as lp -dlazen -o raw -s within printer
>> configuration.
>>
>> Same happens if I attempt to run a backup using
>>
>> tar cfF - /tmp/list |gzip > /my_full_backup.gz
>>
>> One more point is as it gets to "login" prompt after rebooting, it goes
>> through boot cycle again.  Not sure why but if I let it boot by itself, it
>> is less likely to reboot before it gives me a "login" prompt - When I go
>> through the motions of pressing ENTER and CTRL-D, it reboots after
>> pressing
>> CTRL-D.
>>
>> I am in trouble I know, but how/what can I do to at least get a clean
>> backup?
>>
>
> What sort of a reboot happens?  Is it like pressing the reset button,
> where the system is suddenly and without warning going through the boot
> cycle?  Is there a "panic" message prior to the reboot?  (I'm not sure if
> there's a way to get OSR5 to not auto-reboot after a panic.)  Does it start
> a "normal" shutdown/restart sequence?  Something else entirely?
>
> You might consider running a memory diagnostic on the system -- I've seen
> bad RAM produce some very strange symptoms over the years.
>
> --
> Kenneth Brody
>
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