Installed a DVD burner on RHL9, and now the machine reboots

[Edward]

Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:

> From: "Edward" <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au>
> 
>>Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
>>
>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>We have a server currently running RHL 9 (We're planning on upgrading to
>>>RHEL 3.0, but that's another story).  Anyway, the SCSI tape drive is
> 
> dying
> 
>>>and since it's a relatively small server I figured I'd just use
> 
> mondoarchive
> 
>>>to back it up to dvd instead.
>>>
>>>I bought a LiteOn LDW-451S dvd burner and put it in.  I then modified
> 
> the
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>>>kernel line to include the scsi emulation, so now it reads:
>>>title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9smp)
>>>        root (hd0,0)
>>>        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9smp ro root=LABEL=/ hda=ide-scsi
>>>        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9smp.img
>>>
>>>I also installed dvdrecord-0.1.2-10 and dvd+rw-tools-5.11.4.6.4-1.  I
> 
> had
> 
>>>been using mondo 1.64 to back up to tape, but since it didn't recognize
> 
> dvd,
> 
>>>I upgraded to mondo 1.75.
>>>
>>>the machine rebooted when it got to the point of burning the image to
> 
> the
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>>>drive.  Then after reboot, I wanted to look at the dvd+rw-tools docs, so
> 
> I
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>>>started vnc and tried to get into /usr/share/docs from nautilus.  vnc
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> has
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>>>been rock-solid so far, but this time the machine rebooted again.
>>>
>>>I have no idea what to do from here.  Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Ben
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>>Overloading the power supply maybe?
> 
> 
> I doubt it.  I pulled a CD-ROM and replaced it with the DVD burner.  This is
> a server box with a big honkin power supply...
> 
> Ben

If its not the power supply, try replacing the EIDE cable next.

Regards,
Ed.