Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 08:29:33 CDT From: Kent Vander Velden <graphix@iastate.edu> To: Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What has happened to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199905041329.IAA13067@isua4.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 May 1999 07:53:19 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905040752390.995-100000@bytor.rush.net>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905040752390.995-100000@bytor.rush.net>, Pat Lynch w
rites:
>What are the kinds of things you are doing when it crashes, what version
>of FreeBSD are you running? can't help unless we know a few basics ;)
The machine is running a 3.1-STABLE kernel from March 21 and typically
is running programs that are analyzing a large set of files.
Softupdates are enabled on all partitions except / and the system is
all ELF. During the switch from -CURRENT to 3.1-STABLE earlier this
year I was not able to boot the system but with some tinker I got it
back up. The system is now in a worse state. After installing the new
bootblock yesterday I see no sign of FreeBSD before the machine
reboots.
Just for clarification, there are two main problems:
1) The machine is no longer able to be booted after the installation of
new bootblock `disklabel -B da0`.
2) The machine is unstable but when it crashes does not drop to ddb or
dump a core image.
Of course the first problem is the most critical at the moment :)
Thanks.
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Kent Vander Velden
kent@iastate.edu
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