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Subject: Re: vrele: negative ref cnt
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 02:03:13PM +0200, =3D?iso-8859-2?Q?Micha=3DB3_T. _M=
as=3DB3owski?=3D wrote:
> > > When I turn off the computer by halt, halt -p or something else,
> usually it=20
> > > shows kernel panic with "vrele: negative ref cnt". What should I do?
> > > I'm using FreeBSD 5.4-p7.
> >=20
> > Try updating to -stable, or try the 6.0 beta.  If the problem
> > persists, follow the advice in the chapter on kernel debugging in the
> > developers handbook.
> >=20
> > Kris
> >=20
>=20
> Thank for your advice. I will try updating, but I think that the
> problem is with the hard disk.
>=20
> It occurs only when device of file system which is being unmounted
> has read errors.
> What else should I do except from changing the faulty disk?

Nothing...when your hardware goes bad, all bets are off.  Replace it
immediately before it dies completely and you lose your data.

Kris

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