From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 19:15:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759F51065672 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 19:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sclark46@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.63]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B78FC15 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 19:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sclark46@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=c+s/VOaKLJtVEc8Sc6ddC6KJX+S57iCz/vHKhfIq3WYrd/eQZe4Yu4NYA6f3r2hq; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [24.144.77.185] (helo=joker.seclark.com) by elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JreG3-0007Xa-HT; Thu, 01 May 2008 15:15:56 -0400 Message-ID: <481A16E7.8040709@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 15:15:51 -0400 From: Stephen Clark User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Matthew X. Economou" References: <4819BB3A.6000407@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: a437fbc6971e80f61aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79ceb92b71b3f67c95191684c9fe0d6223350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.144.77.185 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot after panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: sclark46@earthlink.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 19:15:58 -0000 Matthew X. Economou wrote: > Steve, > > I recall having to set dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf before I could get > FreeBSD to reboot automatically after a panic. I have dumpdev=AUTO > set on all of my headless servers. If you are feeling especially > brave, you can also set fsck_y_enable=YES and background_fsck=NO. > > Good luck! ;) > Hmmm... I have that set. It only seems to not reboot on one system I have. Thanks, Steve -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)