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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 14:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
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To: ponds!FreeBSD.ORG!bugs, ponds!visint.co.uk!steve
Subject: Re: blkfree.. Panic in 2.2.2-RELEASE
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Steve - 

  See below...


Steve Roome writes:
> 
> Mostly irrelevant, but I was just trying to install bisdn (which is a
> nightmare!) and while config was trying to remove the old directory
> ../../compile/BRIAN (as it does) it panicked..
> 
> it said something like this :
> 
> panic: blkfree. while freeing block
> 
> I can't give much more information on the panic as it just tried to sync 
> and reboot and I didn't have a terminal next to me to jot down what it
> was saying. My disc is now apparently un-fsckable, which is nice.
> 
> Unfortunately it's the generic kernel which I only installed yesterday,
> it's a blank system with only pine/zsh/colorls installed, I have done
> nothing of consequence to it apart from changing root's password and
> downloading some files to compile. I haven't run anything more than diff,
> patch, gcc,make,config, colorls,ls and cd, and pico. (you get the idea)
> 
> Basically, I've done nothing out of the ordinary. I'd submit a pr, but I
> haven't really got the faintest idea what happened.
> 
 
...


> 
> Well, anyway, in my expereince current is more stable than stable.
> 
> Any suggestions whats' causing this, I can't very well stick with 2.2 if
> it's going to crash after a generic install, I have to use ISDN, do I
> start using Linux ? Or should I move back to the more stable
> 3.0-snapshots! Okay, I'm probably just unlucky or have broken hardware.
> 
> Steve Roome. (stressed/angry/miserable person who doesn't get it)
> 

 
 I believe you have tripped over my "daily panic" problem, which
has actually existed for some time.  Can you forward the details
of your system (processor, disk hardware, RAM, etc...)  I'll add it
to the list.

 For more information on the "daily panic" problem - search the
mail archives for "daily panic."

 This has been a tough nut to crack; but, we'll get it.

	- Dave Rivers -