Re: My unix server unexpectadly shut down

Cheers for the replies.

The OS is SCO 3.2.0 if i remember right.

The server has successfully booted, and it appears that no data has
been lost.
we have 4 disks in a RAID setup (i'm not sure which setup) - so 1 disk
could have failed and it can keep going.

I looked at the file /var/adm/syslog
but unfortnately it is 2.5GB.
How would I go about reading through a file this size?
If i run it through 'more' - well i wouldnt like to guess how many
pages it is, but it will take me a long long time to track through to
the end.
Unless there are some options in more that I am missing?

I'm going to repost this in comp.unix.sco.misc and see what they say.
But any more ideas are welcomed here.

Are there any HDD diagnostic tools in *nix? to check the status of a
disk, see what disks are installed and see how raid is configured?
I'm sure there are, but i wouldnt know where to look :)

I'm just gettnig paranoid now that it might fail completely.
We do make daily backups, but its a server we really cannot afford to
lose.
.

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