Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:27:43 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net> To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Cc: ortmann@sparc.isl.net, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: consistent "make -k buildworld" crash with 2 swap partitions Message-ID: <200003030427.WAA04410@sparc.isl.net> In-Reply-To: <200003010017.QAA87486@apollo.backplane.com> from Matthew Dillon at "Feb 29, 2000 4:17:31 pm"
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> :The /etc/fstab which enables the crash is the following. To fix it > :comment out the second swap. Note they are on separate drives. > :... > :I should also mention that I am running softupdates. > : > :>Description: > : > :If both swap partitions are enabled then "make -k buildworld" crashes > :the system with ABSOLUTE CONSISTENCY. > If the system is crashing there should be a panic message. What > panic are you getting when it crashes? No panic messages. Just sudden flashing lights, a red drive activity light, and a reboot with lost files (most of the time ... sometimes it just hangs). > You may want to add the DDB kernel config option to your kernel > config, recompile, and reinstall, which should knock the system > into the DDB debugger when it crashes and enable you to see what > the panic message was and do a 'trace'. Ok, I'll try that this weekend. > :Since this behavior has been around for about a year (???) I assume my > :system configuration must be unusual ... or surely this would have been > :discovered and fixed earlier. > :Several months ago a bug was found with dual swap partitions. It > :involved some cross-partition alignment problem. When that bug was > :fixed most of my crashes disappeared. Except for this problem. > :But "make -k buildworld" continued to crash the system. Thanks. -- Daniel Ortmann IBM Circuit Technology 2414 30 av NW, #D E315, bldg 040-2 Rochester, MN 55901 3605 Hwy 52 N 507.288.7732 (h) 507.253.6795 (w) ortmann@isl.net ortmann@vnet.ibm.com ortmann@us.ibm.com "The answers are so simple and we all know where to look, but it's easier just to avoid the question." -- Kansas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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