From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 21:12:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDC2716A403 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:12:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59CC843D78 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:12:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 19252 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2006 07:11:58 +1000 Received: from 124-168-3-158.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.168.3.158) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 18 Oct 2006 07:11:58 +1000 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:11:55 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Brooks Davis Message-ID: <20061018071155.4331765a@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20061017145946.GB68977@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20061018002558.3a2bcdf6@localhost> <20061017145946.GB68977@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel panic mounting /tmp - 6.2-PRERELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:12:01 -0000 On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:59:46 -0500 Brooks Davis wrote: > > Is there a bigger issue here? anything I can do to help diagnose / debug > > this? > > Possibly and no. By recreating the file system you've destroyed > the information needed to isolate the cause. It's known that an > appropriately corrupt file system can do this, but the causes (there are > probably several) are not yet known. There is some speculation that the > only solution is to add checksums to all key data sections. > > -- Brooks Gotcha - i thought as much... i hoped a dump -0 would save enough info though. I just needed to have /tmp back in place asap.... i'll keep the files around for a week or so in case something comes up. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Without vision you may find that you make your way through life by bumping into things. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.