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Subject: Re: Failsafe on kernel panic
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On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:27:53 pm Sami Halabi wrote:
> Thank you for your response, very helpful.
> one question - how do i configure auto-reboot once kernel panic occurs?

Unless you've added DDB and KDB to your kernel it will reboot by default
on a panic.  Stable kernel configs also include the unattended option so
that even with the debugger present they reboot by default on a panic.

-- 
John Baldwin