From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 13:42:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C3937B420; Sun, 4 May 2003 13:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns3.safety.net (ns3.safety.net [216.40.201.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3944343FBF; Sun, 4 May 2003 13:42:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cbiffle@safety.net) Received: from localhost (rs.rackshack.net.safety.net [216.40.201.32]) by ns3.safety.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h44KghA17773; Sun, 4 May 2003 13:42:43 -0700 From: "Cliff L. Biffle" To: Robert Watson Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 13:42:50 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305041342.50590.cbiffle@safety.net> cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reproduceable kernel panic on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 20:42:45 -0000 On Sunday 04 May 2003 07:03 am, Robert Watson wrote: > Recognizing that this is made difficult by the lack of a good kernel on > the box, could you build the same kernel configuration with the addition > of "options DDB"? I've stuffed a kernel onto the box by brute force (i.e. stuck the 5.0-release CD in and installed 'base'). It boots, though I'll have to rebuild my passwd file and various other things that were overwritten. (At the risk of restarting this old flamewar -- GEE it'd be nice if we broke up them distributions into packages. :-) I'm rebuilding now with DDB (which I could've SWORN I had in there -- doh!) and will post the results. With my luck, this is a heisenbug that disappears once the tools are in place to observe it. *grin* -Cliff L. Biffle