OT: SCO Release 5 reboots upon printing from filePro

[Kenneth Brody]

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