Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:16:36 +0000 (GMT) From: George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: George Reid <greid@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Joshua Delong Thomas <jdt2101@ksu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mounting a music cd (by accident) and then an automatic reboot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011112115110.947-100000@sobek.nevernet.net> In-Reply-To: <20001111113650.N1686@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > I'm looking into this at the moment. Attempting to mount an audio CD
> > causes a kernel panic; this is why your system automatically reboots.
>
> On a more general note, if your system panics, this is a bug. There
> are ways to find out what happened; refer to the online handbook,
> which tells you what to do.
I have submitted a PR for this and a potential fix (kern/22664). In
hindsight, it would probably be useful to add a "force mount" option to
mount to override CDs written with incorrect medium types.
G
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