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Subject: Re: 8.3 -> 9.1 results in often crashes.
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:13:39 +0100, Pawel Tyll <ptyll@nitronet.pl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> 1. Do you have a full crash dump?
> Unfortunately no. This is everything that got logged.
>
>> 2. Are world and kernel in sync?
> I believe so. Is there a fool-proof reliable way to check this?
>
> It's  crashing  frequently, so I can make changes to get things logged
> properly, if given pointers.

Setup the machine to save crash dumps after a crash. If you have that you  
can extract information from it which will help developers to analyze the  
issue.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html#kerneldebug-obtain

Ronald.