Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 07:34:04 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Machines going bump in the night. Message-ID: <199709020634.HAA20115@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 1997 22:36:12 PDT." <19970901223612.17327@mooseriver.com>
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> On Tue, Sep 02, 1997 at 12:50:06AM +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.
> >
> > 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 ?
> >
>
> Yes, please do. It seems you have accidentally enabled the HCF option in
> your kernel config. Don't do that.
Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net> was closest to identifying the
*real* problem. I had a some typos in my configuration file:
options IPFIREALL
#options SAFETY
options NO_SCSI_SENSE
I couldn't find any docs on the "HCF" option :-(
[.....]
> Josef
>
> --
> Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.2
> jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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