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Date:      Tue, 29 Aug 1995 15:36:12 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com>
To:        Marcus.John@wiesbaden.netsurf.de
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Diskless swapping panics->reboots
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950829153417.1192N-100000@minnow.render.com>
In-Reply-To: <m0smIhG-0001IiC@vistec.com>

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On Sat, 26 Aug 1995 Marcus.John@wiesbaden.netsurf.de wrote:

> Hi Doug,
> 
> last week I got a grip on a HP E35 running HP-UX 9.04 (A configuration that is
> proposed accroding to the FreeBSD-Handbook), but the problem is still the same.
> 
> When FreeBSD runs low on memory (vmstat reports ~ 100...150) it simply reboots.
> 
> Further investigatin with a new kernel, built with config -g and an additional 
> savcore setting, showed up that there is *NO* panic, it simply dies quick.
> 
> After the reboot you still see ~69k of junk data in the swapfile on the 
> NFS-Server.
> 
> Perhaps this will give you, or anybody else, some more clues for this bug.

Unfortunately, I am completely stuck on this.  I also have virtually no 
time to spend on this stuff at the moment :-(.  Does anyone else have any 
idea why diskless swapping is broken (in both current and stable)?

--
Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd.	Mail:  dfr@render.com
						Phone: +44 171 251 4411
						FAX:   +44 171 251 0939




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