Michael Kjörling (12024-04-16): > Are you saying that the settings themselves are reasonable for the > purpose, and that this particular crash just happened to be such a one > that no software running on the system in question can reasonably help > with that scenario?
No, unfortunately I do not have the gift of divination, it would be convenient. I am saying that you cannot use software to protect yourself entirely from software bugs. > This happened on a VM that I can't directly influence the hardware > configuration of (a commercially provided VPS), but I should be able > to jury-rig something using the provider's API if necessary. You probably can. But first check if your VM has an emulated hardware watchdog. Regards, -- Nicolas George
