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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 20:25:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Stunt Pope <markjr@shmOOze.net>
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Subject: Re: superblock corrupted (is BROKEN_KEYNOARD_RESET still applica
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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Stunt Pope wrote:

> >Are these disks runing in dedicated mode or compatibility mode, i.e. do
> >they have a proper partition table?
> >
> 
> These are dedicated unix boxes. No multiple boot images, no other o/s.

So there is no partition table on this disk?  

> >I can't see how BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET would have anything to do with it;
> >it just controls how the system is restarted during a reboot.  I.e., if
> >your system sticks up at the `Rebooting...' on a shutdown, then you need
> >it.
> >
> 
> Date:      Wed, 2 Oct 1996 00:52:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From:      "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com>
> To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:   2.1.5, BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET, and \
>                 AHA-2840 VLB = overwrite super , block on reboot
> 
> which mentions:
> 
> <quote>
> With the new kernel in place, the system works fine.  Unfortunately,
> whenever FreeBSD triggers a reboot (e.g. shutdown -r or pressing a key on
> the console after shutdown -h), the SCSI drive loses its super block.

Hm, thanks for dredging this up.  The sync code must have a problem in the
BROKEN* case.  I suppose this is one for -hackers.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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