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Subject: Re: reboot after panic
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Stephen Clark wrote:
> Hello List
>
> How do I get my freebsd 6.1 box to automatically reboot after a panic?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
According to the handbook this is the default behavior unless you have
KBD option enabled in your kernel, in which case adding KDB_UNATTENDED
would cause the machine not to break to the debugger and to reboot after
a panic.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-options.html


-Scott Oertel