Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:27:48 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: spork@fasttrackmonkey.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic caused by bad memory? Message-ID: <453ef5d4.JWeFkgfXTFibI%2Buh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSX.4.61.0610241900480.889@white.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com> References: <Pine.OSX.4.61.0610241900480.889@white.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com>
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> I can't get a kernel dump since it fails like this each time: > > dumping to dev #da/0x20001, offset 2097152 > dump 1024 1023 1022 1021 Aborting dump due to I/O error. > status == 0xb, scsi status == 0x0 > failed, reason: i/o error Bad memory seems unlikely to cause an I/O error trying to write the dump to the swap partition. I'd guess a dicey drive -- and bad swap space could also account for the original crash. You might be able to get a backup by booting single user, provided nothing activates the (presumably bad) swap partition.
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