OT: SCO Release 5 reboots upon printing from filePro

[John Sica]

Don't press CTRL-D, enter the root password and go into system 
maintenance mode.  If you get in, try your backup command then.  If Ken 
is right, which is possible, then it might work, but it might not.  You 
could run memtest86 on it if it logs you in and then fails (reboots) 
sometime after it starts.  Memory should be fairly easy to replace as a 
test.  You could take one stick out and try it again.  Then alternate 
memory sticks.

I would run a filesystem check.  fsck -y -ofull if you could get into 
single user mode.  Also, I would try the same print command outside 
filepro.  i.e cat /etc/termcap | lp -dlazen -o raw

Just some thoughts.



On 1/20/2014 2:36 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?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jose Lerebours
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