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Date:      Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:26:56 -0000
From:      "Jason Halbert" <res02jw5@gte.net>
To:        "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: kernel panic
Message-ID:  <011f01c074fa$5a6f8d40$17622104@next>
References:  <010f01c074eb$60fffe60$17622104@next> <20010102104221.W19572@fw.wintelcom.net>

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Previously on FreeBSD Questions "Alfred Perlstein" wrote:

> * Jason Halbert <res02jw5@gte.net> [010102 10:39] wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
> >
> > Happy New Year =)
> >
> > Is there a way to have the server e-mail me when there is a kernel
> > panic?  It seems to happen a lot and I don't know why. =\  I'm not
> > always in front of the monitor to catch it and read what it says.
> > But, I think it happens at high cpu loads that or it doesn't like
> > seti-at-home.  That's neither here nor there.
>
> Check the handbook for ways to get a crashdump and traceback to
> use under the section "kernel debugging".
>
> If you want to be notified at reboot, i would just add a script
> to /usr/local/etc/rc.d to email you whenever the machine reboots.
>
> --
> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

Hmm.. okay I could do that.  Not sure how to write the script though.
Is there a way to find out why the machine re-booted?  Like if it was
a kernel panic or someone actually did a "shutdown" ?

---
Jason
jason@jason-n3xt.org




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