Date: Mon, 01 Sep 97 19:56:01 -0700 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "Brian Somers" <brian@awfulhak.org>, "freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Dave Dooley" <david@raffles.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Machines going bump in the night. Message-ID: <199709020256.TAA18506@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Tue, 02 Sep 1997 00:50:06 +0100, Brian Somers wrote: >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. If I had a dime for every time that has happened to me.... >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" ? No.. this list is fine. >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 ? By all means. I imagine that you have accidentally enabled the 'panic_initiates_pyrotechnics' option in your kernel. Please recompile *without* that option, and let us know how it goes. Good luck, Doug Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend my life. -Shakespeare, "Henry V"
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