From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 1 16:51:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA26937 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 16:51:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA26932 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 1997 16:51:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA17754; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:50:06 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199709012350.AAA17754@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: Dave Dooley Subject: Machines going bump in the night. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 00:50:06 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm sitting here at 00:45, when suddenly one of my machines (actually on loan from a friend) exploded - while running FreeBSD-2.1.7. I got no core dump, and despite "options DDB" in my kernel config, it did not drop into the debugger. Now the machine doesn't seem to boot any more. Has any one else experienced this ? Should I report this with "send-pr" ? There were at least 15 small explosions along with a series of impressive flashes - kinda like disappointing fireworks, and there's a nasty smell of sulphur in the room now. Should I post my kernel config file ? I can post some more details when the machine cools down and I work up the never to approach the offending machine. -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....