From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 09:58:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D4DB106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@lightflowinterrupted.com) Received: from mc.neutelligent.com (mc.neutelligent.com [66.230.204.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8258FC1D for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:58:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@lightflowinterrupted.com) Received: from reaper (host86-168-193-61.range86-168.btcentralplus.com [86.168.193.61]) by mc.neutelligent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF8128460 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:58:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mark" To: Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:55:47 +0100 Message-ID: <019a01c8c6f2$550b5350$f001a8c0@asgard.movesmountains.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcjG8lO2VTtIHuKfTT+gvB8kip0vFw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Subject: Missing characters in /var/log/messages - hardware fault? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:58:13 -0000 Hi, I'm seeing missing characters in /var/log/messages after kernel panics on a brand new box with a fresh install of 7.0-RELEASE. Typical lines are: May 30 0:14:53 odin2008 savecore: rebot after panic: age fault May 3 10:14:3 odin2008 savecore: wrting core to vmcore.0 Does this imply a hardware fault? Fsck is not showing any problems with the disks. Any help appreciated - I need to know whether I should just send the box back or not! Yours, Mark