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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: Kernel hang on MX server
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Josh Logan <josh@wcug.wwu.edu> wrote:
>
> I have 2 IBM x305's which hang every few days in identical ways. 

Can you capture a sysrq-T trace?  Wait for a hang, do alt-sysrq-T?

Yo may need to arrange for klogd to write to a different disk, or
use a serial console.