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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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